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About Behari Village

Behari is a small village in Haroa tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 405, made up of 215 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Haroa
Pincode 743425
Area (hectares) 76 hectares
Population 405
Male Population 215
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Behari compares

By the 2011 count Behari is the 86th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents. Its 76 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Behari

Behari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Behari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Bakjuri, Baltia, Bantosha and Baroj. 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.

Common questions about Behari

As per the Census of India 2011, Behari village had a population of 405. That makes it the 86th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents.

Behari village has 215 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behari has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

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

Behari covers 76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Behari notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Behari.

Behari is in Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Behari today is likely to be higher.

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