About Atghara Village

Atghara is one of the larger villages in Haroa tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,098, made up of 2,606 males and 2,492 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Atghara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Atghara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Haroa
Pincode	743425
Area (hectares)	132.79 hectares
Population	5,098
Male Population	2,606
Female Population	2,492
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Atghara compares

By the 2011 count Atghara is the 9th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents. Its 132.79 hectares work out to about 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Atghara

Atghara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Atghara 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Atghara from other places

Atghara lies about 2.0 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Machhlandapur, about 7.3 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 Atghara
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	2.0 km
Nearest town	Badūria	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Machhlandapur	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haroa	23 km

Villages closest to Atghara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Atghara village had a population of 5,098. That makes it the 9th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents.

Atghara village has 2,606 males and 2,492 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Atghara has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Atghara is 743425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Atghara covers 132.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Atghara falls under Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Atghara is Machhlandapur, about 7.3 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 village for Atghara.

Atghara is about 2.0 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.

Atghara is in Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. North Twenty Four Parganas is about 2.0 km away. Badūria is about 6.0 km away. Machhlandapur is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.