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About Narjja Village

Narjja is a mid sized village in Bhatar tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,460, made up of 745 males and 715 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Narjja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Narjja village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Tehsil Bhatar
Pincode 713125
Area (hectares) 397.26 hectares
Population 1,460
Male Population 745
Female Population 715
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Narjja compares

By the 2011 count Narjja is the 65th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,529 residents. Its 397.26 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Narjja

Narjja is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Narjja as Available within village. 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 Narjja from other places

Narjja lies about 14 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Karjanagram, about 3.7 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 Narjja
Nearest railway station Karjanagram 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhatar 4.8 km
District headquarters Barddhaman 14 km
Nearest town Barddhamān 14 km

Villages closest to Narjja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Narjja village had a population of 1,460. That makes it the 65th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,529 residents.

Narjja village has 745 males and 715 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Narjja has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Narjja is 713125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Narjja covers 397.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Narjja falls under Bhatar tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Narjja is Karjanagram, about 3.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Narjja.

Narjja is about 14 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Narjja is in Bhatar tehsil of Barddhaman district. Karjanagram is about 3.7 km away. Bhatar is about 4.8 km away. Barddhaman is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panoa (4.4 km), Bhatar (4.8 km) and Parhat (4.9 km).

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

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