About Hingla Village

Hingla is a mid sized village in Mohammad Bazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 721, made up of 382 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hingla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hingla village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Mohammad Bazar
Pincode	731127
Area (hectares)	173.81 hectares
Population	721
Male Population	382
Female Population	339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hingla compares

By the 2011 count Hingla is the 76th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents. Its 173.81 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 974.

Getting to Hingla

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

Hingla lies about 30 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, about 17 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 Hingla
Nearest railway station	Gadadharpur	17 km
Nearest town	Siuri	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mohammad Bazar	30 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	30 km

Villages closest to Hingla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohammad Bazar 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 Hingla

As per the Census of India 2011, Hingla village had a population of 721. That makes it the 76th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents.

Hingla village has 382 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hingla has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Hingla is 731127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hingla covers 173.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hingla falls under Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Hingla is Gadadharpur, about 17 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 Hingla.

Hingla is about 30 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hingla is in Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Gadadharpur is about 17 km away. Siuri is about 19 km away. Mohammad Bazar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.