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About Praharajpur Village

Praharajpur is a small village in Dantan I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 78 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Praharajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Praharajpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Dantan I
Pincode 721133
Area (hectares) 37.08 hectares
Population 148
Male Population 78
Female Population 70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Praharajpur compares

By the 2011 count Praharajpur is the 160th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 37.08 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 977.

Getting to Praharajpur

Praharajpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Praharajpur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Praharajpur from other places

Praharajpur lies about 8.8 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Midnapore, about 6.5 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 Praharajpur
Nearest town Medinīpur 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Midnapore 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantan I 8.8 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 8.8 km

Villages closest to Praharajpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dantan I 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.

Common questions about Praharajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Praharajpur village had a population of 148. That makes it the 160th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Praharajpur village has 78 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Praharajpur has about 897 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 Praharajpur is 721133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Praharajpur covers 37.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Praharajpur is Midnapore, about 6.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Praharajpur.

Praharajpur is about 8.8 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Praharajpur is in Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Medinīpur is about 5.1 km away. Midnapore is about 6.5 km away. Dantan I is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaypur (6.7 km), Beli (9.1 km) and Kirttan Beli (9.1 km).

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

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