About Raghunathpur Village

Raghunathpur is a mid sized village in Kanksa tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 988, made up of 501 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 547.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raghunathpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raghunathpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Kanksa
Pincode	713148
Area (hectares)	547.14 hectares
Population	988
Male Population	501
Female Population	487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Raghunathpur compares

By the 2011 count Raghunathpur is the 39th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 547.14 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Raghunathpur

Raghunathpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Raghunathpur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Raghunathpur from other places

Raghunathpur lies about 90 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, 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 Raghunathpur
Nearest railway station	Gadadharpur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanksa	11 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	13 km
District headquarters	Barddhaman	90 km

Villages closest to Raghunathpur

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 Raghunathpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Raghunathpur village had a population of 988. That makes it the 39th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Raghunathpur village has 501 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raghunathpur has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

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

Raghunathpur covers 547.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Raghunathpur is Gadadharpur, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Raghunathpur.

Raghunathpur 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.

Raghunathpur is in Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district. Gadadharpur is about 11 km away. Kanksa is about 11 km away. Sainthia is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.