About Bandihar Village

Bandihar 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 1,051, made up of 547 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandihar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandihar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Tapan
Pincode	733102
Area (hectares)	191.89 hectares
Population	1,051
Male Population	547
Female Population	504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
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 Bandihar compares

By the 2011 count Bandihar is the 74th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 191.89 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Bandihar

Bandihar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bandihar 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 Bandihar from other places

Bandihar lies about 137 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, 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 Bandihar
Nearest railway station	Chatra	3.5 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tapan	13 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Dinajpur	137 km

Villages closest to Bandihar

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 Bandihar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandihar village had a population of 1,051. That makes it the 74th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Bandihar village has 547 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandihar has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Bandihar is 733102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bandihar covers 191.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bandihar is Chatra, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bandihar.

Bandihar 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.

Bandihar is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Chatra is about 3.5 km away. Nalhāti is about 5.3 km away. Tapan is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.