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About Sahanagar Village

Sahanagar is a small village in Memari I tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 420, made up of 298 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 409 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sahanagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahanagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Tehsil Memari I
Pincode 713146
Area (hectares) 76.32 hectares
Population 420
Male Population 298
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 409
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sahanagar compares

By the 2011 count Sahanagar is the 106th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,928 residents. Its 76.32 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 978.

Getting to Sahanagar

Sahanagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sahanagar as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Sahanagar from other places

Sahanagar lies about 2.1 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Barddhaman Junction, about 1.5 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 Sahanagar
Nearest railway station Barddhaman Junction 1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Memari I 2.1 km
District headquarters Barddhaman 2.1 km
Nearest town Barddhamān 2.1 km

Villages closest to Sahanagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Memari I 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 Sahanagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahanagar village had a population of 420. That makes it the 106th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,928 residents.

Sahanagar village has 298 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahanagar has about 409 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Sahanagar is 713146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sahanagar covers 76.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sahanagar falls under Memari I tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sahanagar is Barddhaman Junction, about 1.5 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 village for Sahanagar.

Sahanagar is about 2.1 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahanagar is in Memari I tehsil of Barddhaman district. Barddhaman Junction is about 1.5 km away. Memari I is about 2.1 km away. Barddhaman is about 2.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daluibazar (under 2 km), Sahapur (3.0 km) and Gobindapur (12 km).

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

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