About Bakharpur Village

Bakharpur is a mid sized village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 782, made up of 420 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakharpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Tapan
Pincode	733125
Area (hectares)	136.57 hectares
Population	782
Male Population	420
Female Population	362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakharpur compares

By the 2011 count Bakharpur is the 111th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 136.57 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 954.

Getting to Bakharpur

Bakharpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bakharpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bakharpur from other places

Bakharpur lies about 137 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 6.9 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 Bakharpur
Nearest railway station	Chatra	6.9 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tapan	20 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Dinajpur	137 km

Villages closest to Bakharpur

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

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Common questions about Bakharpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakharpur village had a population of 782. That makes it the 111th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Bakharpur village has 420 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakharpur has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Bakharpur is 733125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakharpur covers 136.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakharpur falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bakharpur is Chatra, about 6.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bakharpur.

Bakharpur is about 137 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakharpur is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Chatra is about 6.9 km away. Nalhāti is about 11 km away. Tapan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.