About Barasat Village

Barasat is a mid sized village in Burdwan I tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 707, made up of 348 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barasat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barasat village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Burdwan I
Pincode	713422
Area (hectares)	371.94 hectares
Population	707
Male Population	348
Female Population	359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barasat compares

By the 2011 count Barasat is the 66th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,344 residents. Its 371.94 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 971.

Getting to Barasat

Barasat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barasat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Baharpur, Bahir Sarbamangala, Bakalsa and Baman Sirajpur. 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.

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Common questions about Barasat

As per the Census of India 2011, Barasat village had a population of 707. That makes it the 66th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,344 residents.

Barasat village has 348 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barasat has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Barasat is 713422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barasat covers 371.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barasat falls under Burdwan I tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The census record for Barasat notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Barasat.

Barasat is in Burdwan I tehsil of Barddhaman 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.