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About Keshpur Village

Keshpur 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 483, made up of 228 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,118 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Kharagpur II
Pincode 721126
Area (hectares) 107.85 hectares
Population 483
Male Population 228
Female Population 255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,118
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keshpur compares

By the 2011 count Keshpur is the 118th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 560 residents. Its 107.85 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Keshpur

Keshpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Keshpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keshpur from other places

Keshpur 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 Keshpur
Tehsil headquarters Kharagpur II 14 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 14 km
Nearest railway station Godapiasal 15 km
Nearest town Medinīpur 21 km

Villages closest to Keshpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharagpur 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.

Common questions about Keshpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshpur village had a population of 483. That makes it the 118th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 560 residents.

Keshpur village has 228 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshpur has about 1118 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Keshpur is 721126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keshpur covers 107.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Keshpur 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Keshpur.

Keshpur 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.

Keshpur is in Kharagpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Kharagpur II is about 14 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 Madpur (20 km), Mamudpur (20 km) and Balarampur (20 km).

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

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