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About Gaighata Tehsil

Gaighata is a tehsil in North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Gaighata was 330,287, which includes 169,216 males and 161,071 females. Gaighata covers 255 Km2 area.

For better understaing, details are categorized in two sections i.e. Population of Gaighata, Urban/Rural population of Gaighata . Below are the full details and list of villages in Gaighata , North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal, India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

Area and population of Gaighata

DESCRIPTION VALUE DESCRIPTION VALUE
Total Population 330,287 Area ( In Km. Square ) 255
Male Population 169,216 Female Population 161,071

Gaighata has a total population of 330,287 people. Out of this the male population stands at 169,216 while the female population is 161,071. The area of Gaighata covers 255 square kilometers.

Urban/Rural Population of Gaighata

DESCRIPTION VALUE DESCRIPTION VALUE
Urban Population 64,761 Rural Population 265,526
Urban male Population 32,716 Rural Male Population 136,500
Urban Female Population 32,045 Rural Female Population 129,026

This table provides a detailed breakdown of the urban and rural population of Gaighata. The Gaighata urban population is 64,761, with 32,716 male and 32,045 female. In contrast Gaighata rural population is 265,526, comprising 136,500 male and 129,026 female. The census counts a settlement as urban when it has a municipality or meets its thresholds for size, density and work outside farming, and everything else as rural.

List of Villages in Gaighata

107

Sonatikiri

Population

N/A

Sonatikri

Area: 60.67 ha hectares

Population

469

Pincode

743249

Subidpur

Area: 121.83 ha hectares

Population

3,029

Pincode

743273

Tegharia

Area: 170.1 ha hectares

Population

1,920

Pincode

743273

Tengra

Area: 203.96 ha hectares

Population

2,654

Pincode

743249

Tentulbaria

Area: 708.38 ha hectares

Population

3,178

Pincode

743245

Tili

Area: 188.99 ha hectares

Population

2,357

Pincode

743235

Common questions about Gaighata

The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330,287 in Gaighata tehsil, North Twenty Four Parganas district.

Gaighata tehsil contains 107 villages recorded in the 2011 census. Each is listed on this page with its own population and area.

Gaighata has 169,216 males and 161,071 females according to the 2011 census.

Gaighata covers an area of 255 square kilometres.

265,526 people live in rural parts of Gaighata and 64,761 live in urban parts, making it largely rural.

Gaighata tehsil is part of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal. Open the district page from here to see its other tehsils.

A tehsil is the administrative level between a district and a village. Depending on the state it may be called a taluka, mandal, block or circle.

The villages of Gaighata are listed on this page in alphabetical order. If the list runs to several pages, the search box at the top of the site will find a village by name directly.

All figures come from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. No later village level count has been published.

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