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About Khosalpur Village

Khosalpur 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 1,177, made up of 595 males and 582 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khosalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khosalpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Tapan
Pincode 733127
Area (hectares) 226.47 hectares
Population 1,177
Male Population 595
Female Population 582
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khosalpur compares

By the 2011 count Khosalpur is the 62nd largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 226.47 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 954.

Getting to Khosalpur

Khosalpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khosalpur as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khosalpur from other places

Khosalpur lies about 134 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Murarai, about 9.6 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 Khosalpur
Nearest railway station Murarai 9.6 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Tapan 25 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 134 km

Villages closest to Khosalpur

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.

Common questions about Khosalpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khosalpur village had a population of 1,177. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Khosalpur village has 595 males and 582 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khosalpur has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Khosalpur is 733127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khosalpur covers 226.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khosalpur is Murarai, about 9.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khosalpur.

Khosalpur is about 134 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khosalpur is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Murarai is about 9.6 km away. Nalhāti is about 17 km away. Tapan is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jagannathpur (1.5 km), Sundarpur (4.4 km) and Umanandapur (5.0 km).

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

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