About Bhagra Village

Bhagra is a large village in Manteswar tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,086, made up of 2,117 males and 1,969 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhagra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhagra village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Manteswar
Pincode	713422
Area (hectares)	138.2 hectares
Population	4,086
Male Population	2,117
Female Population	1,969
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhagra compares

By the 2011 count Bhagra is the 8th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,746 residents. Its 138.2 hectares work out to about 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Bhagra

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

Bhagra lies about 31 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Nandai Gram, about 19 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 Bhagra
Tehsil headquarters	Manteswar	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Nandai Gram	19 km
Nearest town	Memāri	21 km
District headquarters	Barddhaman	31 km

Villages closest to Bhagra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhagra village had a population of 4,086. That makes it the 8th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,746 residents.

Bhagra village has 2,117 males and 1,969 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhagra has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Bhagra is 713422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhagra covers 138.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bhagra falls under Manteswar tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bhagra is Nandai Gram, about 19 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 Bhagra.

Bhagra is about 31 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhagra is in Manteswar tehsil of Barddhaman district. Manteswar is about 7.7 km away. Nandai Gram is about 19 km away. Memāri is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.