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About Khastaluk Village

Khastaluk is a mid sized village in Raninagar II tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 808, made up of 433 males and 375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khastaluk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khastaluk village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Raninagar II
Pincode 742308
Area (hectares) 32.51 hectares
Population 808
Male Population 433
Female Population 375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khastaluk compares

By the 2011 count Khastaluk is the 27th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 6,363 residents. Its 32.51 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Khastaluk

Khastaluk is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khastaluk 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Egararasi, Godhanpara, Jhaubaria and Kalyanpur. 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 Khastaluk

As per the Census of India 2011, Khastaluk village had a population of 808. That makes it the 27th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,363 residents.

Khastaluk village has 433 males and 375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khastaluk has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Khastaluk is 742308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khastaluk covers 32.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khastaluk falls under Raninagar II tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The census record for Khastaluk notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Khastaluk.

Khastaluk is in Raninagar II tehsil of Murshidabad 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 Khastaluk today is likely to be higher.

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