About Banpur Village

Banpur is one of the larger villages in Krishnaganj tehsil, in the district of Nadia, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,888, made up of 2,991 males and 2,897 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 418.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 741503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Banpur compares

By the 2011 count Banpur is the 5th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,821 residents. Its 418.38 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Banpur

Banpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Adityapur, Bhagabanpur, Bhajanghat and Bijoypur. 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.