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About Erangi Village

Erangi is a small village in Nalhati I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 107 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731243, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erangi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Nalhati I
Pincode 731243
Area (hectares) 97.57 hectares
Population 217
Male Population 107
Female Population 110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Erangi compares

By the 2011 count Erangi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents. Its 97.57 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Erangi

The census records public bus service for Erangi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Erangi from other places

Erangi lies about 7.5 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Nalhati Junction, about 3.5 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 Erangi
Nearest town Nalhāti 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Nalhati Junction 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Nalhati I 7.5 km
District headquarters Birbhum 7.5 km

Villages closest to Erangi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Erangi village had a population of 217. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,301 residents.

Erangi village has 107 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erangi has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Erangi is 731243. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Erangi covers 97.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Erangi falls under Nalhati I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Erangi is Nalhati Junction, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Erangi.

Erangi is about 7.5 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erangi is in Nalhati I tehsil of Birbhum district. Nalhāti is about 2.9 km away. Nalhati Junction is about 3.5 km away. Nalhati I is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shrirampur (under 2 km), Jhaupara (under 2 km) and Madhabpur (1.5 km).

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

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