About Hamidpur Village

Hamidpur is a mid sized village in Nalhati II tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 874, made up of 461 males and 413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731237, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hamidpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hamidpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Nalhati II
Pincode	731237
Area (hectares)	151.84 hectares
Population	874
Male Population	461
Female Population	413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hamidpur compares

By the 2011 count Hamidpur is the 36th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,662 residents. Its 151.84 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 962.

Getting to Hamidpur

Hamidpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Hamidpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Hamidpur from other places

Hamidpur lies about 17 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about 8.6 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 Hamidpur
Nearest railway station	Lohapur	8.6 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nalhati II	17 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	17 km

Villages closest to Hamidpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hamidpur village had a population of 874. That makes it the 36th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,662 residents.

Hamidpur village has 461 males and 413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hamidpur has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Hamidpur is 731237. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hamidpur covers 151.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hamidpur falls under Nalhati II tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Hamidpur is Lohapur, about 8.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Hamidpur.

Hamidpur is about 17 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hamidpur is in Nalhati II tehsil of Birbhum district. Lohapur is about 8.6 km away. Nalhāti is about 15 km away. Nalhati II is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.