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About Barasati Village

Barasati is a mid sized village in Dantan I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 744, made up of 396 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barasati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barasati village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Dantan I
Pincode 721426
Area (hectares) 52.79 hectares
Population 744
Male Population 396
Female Population 348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barasati compares

By the 2011 count Barasati is the 90th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 52.79 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Barasati

Barasati is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barasati 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Banskuni, Bara, Bara Baghra and Barampura. 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 Barasati

As per the Census of India 2011, Barasati village had a population of 744. That makes it the 90th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Barasati village has 396 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barasati has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Barasati is 721426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barasati covers 52.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barasati falls under Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Barasati notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Barasati.

Barasati is in Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Barasati today is likely to be higher.

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