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About Atarya Village

Atarya is a small village in Gangajalghati tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 150, made up of 71 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Atarya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Atarya village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Gangajalghati
Pincode 722155
Area (hectares) 82.01 hectares
Population 150
Male Population 71
Female Population 79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,113
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Atarya compares

By the 2011 count Atarya is the 143rd largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents. Its 82.01 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Atarya

Atarya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Atarya 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Anandapur, Arbat, Arbetal and Arjunpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Atarya

As per the Census of India 2011, Atarya village had a population of 150. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents.

Atarya village has 71 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Atarya has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Atarya is 722155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Atarya covers 82.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Atarya falls under Gangajalghati tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Atarya notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Atarya.

Atarya is in Gangajalghati tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Atarya today is likely to be higher.

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