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About Narayanpur Village

Narayanpur is a small village in Midnapore tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 155 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Narayanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Narayanpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Midnapore
Pincode 721102
Area (hectares) 10.95 hectares
Population 279
Male Population 155
Female Population 124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Narayanpur compares

By the 2011 count Narayanpur is the 163rd largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 831 residents. Its 10.95 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Narayanpur

The census records public bus service for Narayanpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Narayanpur from other places

Narayanpur lies about 12 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Jakpur, about 3.6 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 Narayanpur
Nearest railway station Jakpur 3.6 km
Nearest town Kharagpur 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Midnapore 6.2 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 12 km

Villages closest to Narayanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Narayanpur village had a population of 279. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 831 residents.

Narayanpur village has 155 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Narayanpur has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Narayanpur is 721102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Narayanpur covers 10.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Narayanpur falls under Midnapore tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Narayanpur is Jakpur, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Narayanpur.

Narayanpur is about 12 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Narayanpur is in Midnapore tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Jakpur is about 3.6 km away. Kharagpur is about 5.2 km away. Midnapore is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belia (6.2 km), Maharajpur (6.9 km) and Amadpur Pal (8.4 km).

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

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