About Jirakpur Village

Jirakpur is a mid sized village in Basirhat I tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,580, made up of 798 males and 782 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jirakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jirakpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Basirhat I
Pincode	743422
Area (hectares)	283.68 hectares
Population	1,580
Male Population	798
Female Population	782
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Jirakpur compares

By the 2011 count Jirakpur is the 37th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,551 residents. Its 283.68 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Jirakpur

Jirakpur 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 Jirakpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jirakpur from other places

Jirakpur lies about 22 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Matania Anantapur, about under 2 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 Jirakpur
Nearest railway station	Matania Anantapur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Basirhat City	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basirhat I	22 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	22 km

Villages closest to Jirakpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basirhat I 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 Jirakpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Jirakpur village had a population of 1,580. That makes it the 37th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,551 residents.

Jirakpur village has 798 males and 782 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jirakpur has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Jirakpur is 743422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jirakpur covers 283.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jirakpur falls under Basirhat I tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Jirakpur is Matania Anantapur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Jirakpur.

Jirakpur is about 22 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jirakpur is in Basirhat I tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Matania Anantapur is about under 2 km away. Basirhat City is about 3.9 km away. Basirhat I is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.