About Kalikapur Village

Kalikapur is a small village in Burwan tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 153 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742168, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalikapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalikapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Burwan
Pincode	742168
Area (hectares)	88.9 hectares
Population	306
Male Population	153
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Kalikapur compares

By the 2011 count Kalikapur is the 147th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,661 residents. Its 88.9 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Kalikapur

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

Kalikapur lies about 35 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Gankar, about 8.1 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 Kalikapur
Nearest railway station	Gankar	8.1 km
Nearest town	Jangipur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Burwan	35 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	35 km

Villages closest to Kalikapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalikapur village had a population of 306. That makes it the 147th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,661 residents.

Kalikapur village has 153 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalikapur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Kalikapur is 742168. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalikapur covers 88.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalikapur falls under Burwan tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kalikapur is Gankar, about 8.1 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 Kalikapur.

Kalikapur is about 35 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalikapur is in Burwan tehsil of Murshidabad district. Gankar is about 8.1 km away. Jangipur is about 13 km away. Burwan is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.