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About Ganutia Village

Ganutia is a small village in Sainthia tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 138 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganutia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganutia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Sainthia
Pincode 731129
Area (hectares) 89.48 hectares
Population 288
Male Population 138
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,087
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ganutia compares

By the 2011 count Ganutia is the 177th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 862 residents. Its 89.48 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Ganutia

Ganutia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ganutia 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ganutia from other places

Ganutia lies about 39 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Labpur, about 6.6 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 Ganutia
Nearest railway station Labpur 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sainthia 18 km
District headquarters Birbhum 39 km

Villages closest to Ganutia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganutia village had a population of 288. That makes it the 177th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 862 residents.

Ganutia village has 138 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganutia has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Ganutia is 731129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganutia covers 89.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganutia falls under Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Ganutia is Labpur, about 6.6 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 village for Ganutia.

Ganutia is about 39 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganutia is in Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district. Labpur is about 6.6 km away. Sainthia is about 18 km away. Birbhum is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ballabhpur (6.6 km), Dakshin Tilpara (13 km) and Uttar Tilpara (13 km).

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

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