About Krishnapur Village

Krishnapur is a small village in Kanksa tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 233 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Krishnapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Krishnapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Kanksa
Pincode	713212
Area (hectares)	102.79 hectares
Population	435
Male Population	233
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Krishnapur compares

By the 2011 count Krishnapur is the 64th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 102.79 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 943.

Getting to Krishnapur

Krishnapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Krishnapur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Krishnapur from other places

Krishnapur lies about 111 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 6.9 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 Krishnapur
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	6.9 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanksa	27 km
District headquarters	Barddhaman	111 km

Villages closest to Krishnapur

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 Krishnapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Krishnapur village had a population of 435. That makes it the 64th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Krishnapur village has 233 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Krishnapur has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Krishnapur is 713212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Krishnapur covers 102.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Krishnapur is Harinsing, about 6.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ 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 Krishnapur.

Krishnapur is about 111 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Krishnapur is in Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district. Harinsing is about 6.9 km away. Rampur Hat is about 27 km away. Kanksa is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.