About Bara Gunsima Village

Bara Gunsima is a mid sized village in Dubrajpur tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 273 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731240, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Gunsima Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Gunsima village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Dubrajpur
Pincode	731240
Area (hectares)	95.96 hectares
Population	505
Male Population	273
Female Population	232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara Gunsima compares

By the 2011 count Bara Gunsima is the 130th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 954 residents. Its 95.96 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 951.

Getting to Bara Gunsima

Bara Gunsima is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bara Gunsima as Available within 10+ 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 Bara Gunsima from other places

Bara Gunsima lies about 54 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kurwa, about 21 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 Bara Gunsima
Nearest railway station	Kurwa	21 km
Nearest town	Dumka	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dubrajpur	31 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	54 km

Villages closest to Bara Gunsima

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dubrajpur 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 Bara Gunsima

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Gunsima village had a population of 505. That makes it the 130th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 954 residents.

Bara Gunsima village has 273 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Gunsima has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Bara Gunsima is 731240. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Gunsima covers 95.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Gunsima falls under Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bara Gunsima is Kurwa, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bara Gunsima.

Bara Gunsima is about 54 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Gunsima is in Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district. Kurwa is about 21 km away. Dumka is about 24 km away. Dubrajpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.