About Ranjitpur Village

Ranjitpur 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 1,216, made up of 605 males and 611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranjitpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranjitpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sankrail
Pincode	721143
Area (hectares)	118.94 hectares
Population	1,216
Male Population	605
Female Population	611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranjitpur compares

By the 2011 count Ranjitpur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 118.94 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Ranjitpur

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

Ranjitpur lies about 67 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Bahir Khanda, about 13 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 Ranjitpur
Nearest railway station	Bahir Khanda	13 km
Nearest town	Tarakeswar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankrail	31 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	67 km

Villages closest to Ranjitpur

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 Ranjitpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranjitpur village had a population of 1,216. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Ranjitpur village has 605 males and 611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranjitpur has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

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

Ranjitpur covers 118.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Ranjitpur is Bahir Khanda, about 13 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 Ranjitpur.

Ranjitpur is about 67 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranjitpur is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Bahir Khanda is about 13 km away. Tarakeswar is about 15 km away. Sankrail is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.