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About Bara Chaturi Village

Bara Chaturi is a small village in Suri I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 97 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Chaturi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Chaturi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Suri I
Pincode 731103
Area (hectares) 79.71 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 97
Female Population 76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 784
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara Chaturi compares

By the 2011 count Bara Chaturi is the 92nd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 79.71 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 955.

Getting to Bara Chaturi

Bara Chaturi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bara Chaturi as Available within 5 - 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 Chaturi from other places

Bara Chaturi lies about 20 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, 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 Bara Chaturi
Nearest railway station Mallarpur 3.5 km
Nearest town Sainthia 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Suri I 20 km
District headquarters Birbhum 20 km

Villages closest to Bara Chaturi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Chaturi village had a population of 173. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Bara Chaturi village has 97 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Chaturi has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Bara Chaturi is 731103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Chaturi covers 79.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Chaturi falls under Suri I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bara Chaturi is Mallarpur, about 3.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bara Chaturi.

Bara Chaturi is about 20 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Chaturi is in Suri I tehsil of Birbhum district. Mallarpur is about 3.5 km away. Sainthia is about 12 km away. Suri I is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barihat (under 2 km), Chhatra Gachhi (under 2 km) and Khatangadihi (under 2 km).

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

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