About Khamar Village

Khamar is a mid sized village in Gopiballavpur II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,059, made up of 522 males and 537 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khamar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Gopiballavpur II
Pincode	721517
Area (hectares)	146.14 hectares
Population	1,059
Male Population	522
Female Population	537
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khamar compares

By the 2011 count Khamar is the 21st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 146.14 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Khamar

Khamar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khamar as Available within 10+ 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 Khamar from other places

Khamar lies about 22 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Salboni, about 20 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 Khamar
Nearest town	Chandrakona	13 km
Nearest railway station	Salboni	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gopiballavpur II	22 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	22 km

Villages closest to Khamar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gopiballavpur II 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 Khamar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamar village had a population of 1,059. That makes it the 21st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Khamar village has 522 males and 537 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamar has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Khamar is 721517. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khamar covers 146.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khamar falls under Gopiballavpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Khamar is Salboni, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khamar.

Khamar is about 22 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamar is in Gopiballavpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Chandrakona is about 13 km away. Salboni is about 20 km away. Gopiballavpur II is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.