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About Charigram Village

Charigram is a mid sized village in Indus tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,656, made up of 877 males and 779 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charigram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charigram village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Indus
Pincode 722205
Area (hectares) 342.61 hectares
Population 1,656
Male Population 877
Female Population 779
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Charigram compares

By the 2011 count Charigram is the 35th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,316 residents. Its 342.61 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 955.

Getting to Charigram

The census records public bus service for Charigram as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Charigram from other places

Charigram lies about 25 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Jhantipahari, about 15 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 Charigram
Nearest railway station Jhantipahari 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Indus 25 km
District headquarters Bankura 25 km
Nearest town Bānkura 25 km

Villages closest to Charigram

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

Common questions about Charigram

As per the Census of India 2011, Charigram village had a population of 1,656. That makes it the 35th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,316 residents.

Charigram village has 877 males and 779 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charigram has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Charigram is 722205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Charigram covers 342.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Charigram falls under Indus tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Charigram is Jhantipahari, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Charigram.

Charigram is about 25 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charigram is in Indus tehsil of Bankura district. Jhantipahari is about 15 km away. Indus is about 25 km away. Bankura is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Gobindapur (7.1 km), Jashdighi (17 km) and Thakurani Dighi (17 km).

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

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