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About Keshur Gerya Village

Keshur Gerya is a small village in Keshpur tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 414, made up of 225 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721260, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keshur Gerya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshur Gerya village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Keshpur
Pincode 721260
Area (hectares) 39.42 hectares
Population 414
Male Population 225
Female Population 189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keshur Gerya compares

By the 2011 count Keshur Gerya is the 264th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 39.42 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Keshur Gerya

Keshur Gerya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keshur Gerya 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 Keshur Gerya from other places

Keshur Gerya lies about 14 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Godapiasal, about 15 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 Keshur Gerya
Tehsil headquarters Keshpur under 2 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 14 km
Nearest railway station Godapiasal 15 km
Nearest town Medinīpur 21 km

Villages closest to Keshur Gerya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Keshpur 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 Keshur Gerya

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshur Gerya village had a population of 414. That makes it the 264th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Keshur Gerya village has 225 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshur Gerya has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Keshur Gerya is 721260. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keshur Gerya covers 39.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Keshur Gerya falls under Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Keshur Gerya is Godapiasal, about 15 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 Keshur Gerya.

Keshur Gerya is about 14 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keshur Gerya is in Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Keshpur is about under 2 km away. Paschim Medinipur is about 14 km away. Godapiasal is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Keshpur (under 2 km), Uttar Khamar (9.1 km) and Raniar (11 km).

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

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