About Bet Kalan Village

Bet Kalan is a mid sized village in Gopiballavpur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 606, made up of 317 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bet Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bet Kalan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Gopiballavpur I
Pincode	721506
Area (hectares)	196.7 hectares
Population	606
Male Population	317
Female Population	289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bet Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bet Kalan is the 53rd largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 546 residents. Its 196.7 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Bet Kalan

Bet Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bet Kalan 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. The nearest villages by name are Bara Sol, Bara Tarki, Basanda and Bel Barya. 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.

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Common questions about Bet Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bet Kalan village had a population of 606. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 546 residents.

Bet Kalan village has 317 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bet Kalan has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Bet Kalan is 721506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bet Kalan covers 196.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bet Kalan falls under Gopiballavpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Bet Kalan notes the nearest railway station 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 Bet Kalan.

Bet Kalan is in Gopiballavpur 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.