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About Araji Binnaguri Village

Araji Binnaguri is a large village in Rajganj tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,864, made up of 1,474 males and 1,390 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 677.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Araji Binnaguri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araji Binnaguri village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Jalpaiguri
Tehsil Rajganj
Pincode 735135
Area (hectares) 677.26 hectares
Population 2,864
Male Population 1,474
Female Population 1,390
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Araji Binnaguri compares

By the 2011 count Araji Binnaguri is the 17th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 7,332 residents. Its 677.26 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Araji Binnaguri

Araji Binnaguri is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Araji Binnaguri as Available within <5 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Araji Binnaguri from other places

Araji Binnaguri lies about 30 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is New Jalpaiguri Junction, about 4.4 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 Araji Binnaguri
Nearest railway station New Jalpaiguri Junction 4.4 km
Nearest town Siliguri 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajganj 11 km
District headquarters Jalpaiguri 30 km

Villages closest to Araji Binnaguri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajganj 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 Araji Binnaguri

As per the Census of India 2011, Araji Binnaguri village had a population of 2,864. That makes it the 17th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 7,332 residents.

Araji Binnaguri village has 1,474 males and 1,390 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araji Binnaguri has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Araji Binnaguri is 735135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Araji Binnaguri covers 677.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Araji Binnaguri falls under Rajganj tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Araji Binnaguri is New Jalpaiguri Junction, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Araji Binnaguri.

Araji Binnaguri is about 30 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araji Binnaguri is in Rajganj tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. New Jalpaiguri Junction is about 4.4 km away. Siliguri is about 7.7 km away. Rajganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Binnaguri (under 2 km), Ambari Falakata (3.9 km) and Simulguri (7.7 km).

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

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