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About Singur Village

Singur is a mid sized village in Suri I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 793, made up of 399 males and 394 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Singur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Suri I
Pincode 731121
Area (hectares) 140.05 hectares
Population 793
Male Population 399
Female Population 394
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
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 Singur compares

By the 2011 count Singur is the 40th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 140.05 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Singur

The census records public bus service for Singur 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 Singur from other places

Singur lies about 20 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rampurhat Junction, about 19 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 Singur
Nearest town Rampur Hat 19 km
Nearest railway station Rampurhat Junction 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Suri I 20 km
District headquarters Birbhum 20 km

Villages closest to Singur

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 Singur

As per the Census of India 2011, Singur village had a population of 793. That makes it the 40th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Singur village has 399 males and 394 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singur has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Singur is 731121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Singur covers 140.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Singur is Rampurhat Junction, about 19 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 Singur.

Singur 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.

Singur is in Suri I tehsil of Birbhum district. Rampur Hat is about 19 km away. Rampurhat Junction is about 19 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 Shaktipur (1.6 km), Khorddanagari (4.6 km) and Barulia (6.9 km).

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

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