About Barasat Village

Barasat is one of the larger villages in Gaighata tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,441, made up of 4,000 males and 3,441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 561.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743273, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barasat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barasat village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Gaighata
Pincode	743273
Area (hectares)	561.58 hectares
Population	7,441
Male Population	4,000
Female Population	3,441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barasat compares

By the 2011 count Barasat is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,655 residents. Its 561.58 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Barasat

Barasat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barasat as Available within village. 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 Barasat from other places

Barasat lies about 13 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Thakurnagar, about 6.2 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 Barasat
Nearest railway station	Thakurnagar	6.2 km
Nearest town	Gobārdānga	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gaighata	11 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	13 km

Villages closest to Barasat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barasat village had a population of 7,441. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,655 residents.

Barasat village has 4,000 males and 3,441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barasat has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Barasat is 743273. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barasat covers 561.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barasat falls under Gaighata tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Barasat is Thakurnagar, about 6.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barasat.

Barasat is about 13 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.

Barasat is in Gaighata tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Thakurnagar is about 6.2 km away. Gobārdānga is about 9.8 km away. Gaighata is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.