About Paharajpur Village

Paharajpur is a mid sized village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 268 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paharajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharajpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sankrail
Pincode	721143
Area (hectares)	59.45 hectares
Population	544
Male Population	268
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paharajpur compares

By the 2011 count Paharajpur is the 69th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 59.45 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Paharajpur

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

Paharajpur lies about 98 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Subhas Gram, about 2.6 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 Paharajpur
Nearest railway station	Subhas Gram	2.6 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankrail	24 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	98 km

Villages closest to Paharajpur

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 Paharajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paharajpur village had a population of 544. That makes it the 69th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Paharajpur village has 268 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharajpur has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Paharajpur is 721143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paharajpur covers 59.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Paharajpur is Subhas Gram, about 2.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Paharajpur.

Paharajpur is about 98 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paharajpur is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Subhas Gram is about 2.6 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 2.7 km away. Sankrail is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.