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About Betahar Village

Betahar is a mid sized village in Kushmundi tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,942, made up of 946 males and 996 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 385.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Betahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Betahar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kushmundi
Pincode 733132
Area (hectares) 385.4 hectares
Population 1,942
Male Population 946
Female Population 996
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,053
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Betahar compares

By the 2011 count Betahar is the 16th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 385.4 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Betahar

Betahar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Betahar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Basudebpur, Bateshwar, Beldanga and Berail. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Betahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Betahar village had a population of 1,942. That makes it the 16th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Betahar village has 946 males and 996 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Betahar has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Betahar is 733132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Betahar covers 385.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Betahar falls under Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Betahar notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Betahar.

Betahar is in Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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