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About Barbete Village

Barbete is a small village in Kharagpur II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 258, made up of 136 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barbete Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barbete village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Kharagpur II
Pincode 721149
Area (hectares) 47.26 hectares
Population 258
Male Population 136
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barbete compares

By the 2011 count Barbete is the 196th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 560 residents. Its 47.26 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 996.

Getting to Barbete

Barbete is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barbete 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 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Baradiha, Baragere, Barampur and Barbansi. 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 Barbete

As per the Census of India 2011, Barbete village had a population of 258. That makes it the 196th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 560 residents.

Barbete village has 136 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barbete has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Barbete is 721149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barbete covers 47.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barbete falls under Kharagpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Barbete notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Barbete.

Barbete is in Kharagpur II 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 Barbete today is likely to be higher.

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