About Beharpur Village

Beharpur is a mid sized village in Kanksa tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,485, made up of 763 males and 722 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beharpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Kanksa
Pincode	713148
Area (hectares)	252.53 hectares
Population	1,485
Male Population	763
Female Population	722
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Beharpur compares

By the 2011 count Beharpur is the 28th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 252.53 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Beharpur

Beharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Beharpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Beharpur from other places

Beharpur lies about 90 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 11 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 Beharpur
Nearest railway station	Mallarpur	11 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanksa	14 km
District headquarters	Barddhaman	90 km

Villages closest to Beharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Beharpur village had a population of 1,485. That makes it the 28th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Beharpur village has 763 males and 722 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beharpur has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Beharpur is 713148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beharpur covers 252.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Beharpur falls under Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Beharpur is Mallarpur, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Beharpur is about 90 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beharpur is in Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district. Mallarpur is about 11 km away. Rampur Hat is about 14 km away. Kanksa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.