About Napara Village

Napara is a large village in Kanksa tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,512, made up of 1,308 males and 1,204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Napara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Napara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Kanksa
Pincode	713148
Area (hectares)	225.82 hectares
Population	2,512
Male Population	1,308
Female Population	1,204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
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 Napara compares

By the 2011 count Napara is the 12th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 225.82 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Napara

Napara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Napara 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 Napara from other places

Napara lies about 94 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, about 9.6 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 Napara
Tehsil headquarters	Kanksa	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Gadadharpur	9.6 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	15 km
District headquarters	Barddhaman	94 km

Villages closest to Napara

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 Napara

As per the Census of India 2011, Napara village had a population of 2,512. That makes it the 12th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Napara village has 1,308 males and 1,204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Napara has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

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

Napara covers 225.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Napara is Gadadharpur, about 9.6 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 Napara.

Napara is about 94 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Napara is in Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district. Kanksa is about 9.5 km away. Gadadharpur is about 9.6 km away. Sainthia is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.