About Bighor Village

Bighor is a small village in Kushmundi tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 141 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bighor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bighor village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Kushmundi
Pincode	733121
Area (hectares)	100.2 hectares
Population	259
Male Population	141
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
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 Bighor compares

By the 2011 count Bighor is the 205th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 100.2 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 986.

Getting to Bighor

Bighor is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bighor 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 Bhajna, Bhaktipur, Bhelakuri and Bhetahar. 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.

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Common questions about Bighor

As per the Census of India 2011, Bighor village had a population of 259. That makes it the 205th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Bighor village has 141 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bighor has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Bighor is 733121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bighor covers 100.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Bighor 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 Bighor.

Bighor 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.