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About Rayour Village

Rayour is a small village in Khandaghosh tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 426, made up of 207 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713424, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rayour Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rayour village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Tehsil Khandaghosh
Pincode 713424
Area (hectares) 75.73 hectares
Population 426
Male Population 207
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rayour compares

By the 2011 count Rayour is the 100th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,769 residents. Its 75.73 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Rayour

Rayour is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Rayour as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Rayour from other places

Rayour lies about 6.1 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Kamnara, about 2.6 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 Rayour
Nearest railway station Kamnara 2.6 km
District headquarters Barddhaman 6.1 km
Nearest town Barddhamān 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Khandaghosh 23 km

Villages closest to Rayour

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

Common questions about Rayour

As per the Census of India 2011, Rayour village had a population of 426. That makes it the 100th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,769 residents.

Rayour village has 207 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rayour has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Rayour is 713424. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rayour covers 75.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rayour falls under Khandaghosh tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Rayour is Kamnara, about 2.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Rayour.

Rayour is about 6.1 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rayour is in Khandaghosh tehsil of Barddhaman district. Kamnara is about 2.6 km away. Barddhaman is about 6.1 km away. Barddhamān is about 6.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Narayanpur (3.8 km), Narayanpur Chak (3.8 km) and Sadhanpur (4.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Rayour today is likely to be higher.

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