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About Shagpara Village

Shagpara is a mid sized village in Kharagpur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 892, made up of 446 males and 446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shagpara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shagpara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Kharagpur I
Pincode 721145
Area (hectares) 172.64 hectares
Population 892
Male Population 446
Female Population 446
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shagpara compares

By the 2011 count Shagpara is the 57th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 172.64 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Shagpara

Shagpara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shagpara 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 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Samraipur, Sanporapara, Saraswatipur and Sarsha. 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 Shagpara

As per the Census of India 2011, Shagpara village had a population of 892. That makes it the 57th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Shagpara village has 446 males and 446 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shagpara has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Shagpara is 721145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shagpara covers 172.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shagpara falls under Kharagpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Shagpara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 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 Shagpara.

Shagpara is in Kharagpur 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 Shagpara today is likely to be higher.

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