About Krishtanagar Village

Krishtanagar is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 101 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721513, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Krishtanagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Krishtanagar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sankrail
Pincode	721513
Area (hectares)	76.07 hectares
Population	192
Male Population	101
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Krishtanagar compares

By the 2011 count Krishtanagar is the 185th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 76.07 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Krishtanagar

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

Krishtanagar lies about 91 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Netaji, about 2.8 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 Krishtanagar
Nearest railway station	Netaji	2.8 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankrail	15 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	91 km

Villages closest to Krishtanagar

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

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Common questions about Krishtanagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Krishtanagar village had a population of 192. That makes it the 185th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Krishtanagar village has 101 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Krishtanagar has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Krishtanagar is 721513. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Krishtanagar covers 76.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Krishtanagar falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Krishtanagar is Netaji, about 2.8 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 Krishtanagar.

Krishtanagar is about 91 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Krishtanagar is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Netaji is about 2.8 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 10 km away. Sankrail is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.