About Kotalpukur Village

Kotalpukur is a mid sized village in Barjora tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 312 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotalpukur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotalpukur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Tehsil	Barjora
Pincode	722208
Area (hectares)	102.27 hectares
Population	590
Male Population	312
Female Population	278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotalpukur compares

By the 2011 count Kotalpukur is the 104th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 976 residents. Its 102.27 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Kotalpukur

Kotalpukur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kotalpukur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kotalpukur from other places

Kotalpukur lies about 63 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Dubrajpur, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kotalpukur
Nearest town	Dubrājpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Dubrajpur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barjora	34 km
District headquarters	Bankura	63 km

Villages closest to Kotalpukur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barjora tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kotalpukur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotalpukur village had a population of 590. That makes it the 104th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 976 residents.

Kotalpukur village has 312 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotalpukur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Kotalpukur is 722208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotalpukur covers 102.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotalpukur falls under Barjora tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kotalpukur is Dubrajpur, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kotalpukur.

Kotalpukur is about 63 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotalpukur is in Barjora tehsil of Bankura district. Dubrājpur is about 10 km away. Dubrajpur is about 12 km away. Barjora is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.