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About Gournagar Village

Gournagar is a small village in Balagarh tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 387, made up of 208 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gournagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gournagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Balagarh
Pincode 712501
Area (hectares) 134.77 hectares
Population 387
Male Population 208
Female Population 179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gournagar compares

By the 2011 count Gournagar is the 108th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents. Its 134.77 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 964.

Getting to Gournagar

Gournagar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gournagar 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Fatepur, Gaipara, Gangadharpur and Gaurnai. 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 Gournagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gournagar village had a population of 387. That makes it the 108th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents.

Gournagar village has 208 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gournagar has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Gournagar is 712501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gournagar covers 134.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gournagar falls under Balagarh tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The census record for Gournagar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Gournagar.

Gournagar is in Balagarh tehsil of Hugli 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 Gournagar today is likely to be higher.

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