About Bar Sahara Village

Bar Sahara is a large village in Sabang tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,436, made up of 1,277 males and 1,159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bar Sahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bar Sahara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sabang
Pincode	721144
Area (hectares)	150.84 hectares
Population	2,436
Male Population	1,277
Female Population	1,159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
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 Bar Sahara compares

By the 2011 count Bar Sahara is the 27th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 150.84 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Bar Sahara

Bar Sahara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bar Sahara 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 Bar Sahara from other places

Bar Sahara lies about 64 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Nachinda, about 5.7 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 Bar Sahara
Nearest railway station	Nachinda	5.7 km
Nearest town	Contai	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sabang	33 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	64 km

Villages closest to Bar Sahara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sabang 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 Bar Sahara

As per the Census of India 2011, Bar Sahara village had a population of 2,436. That makes it the 27th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Bar Sahara village has 1,277 males and 1,159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bar Sahara has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Bar Sahara is 721144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bar Sahara covers 150.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bar Sahara falls under Sabang tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bar Sahara is Nachinda, about 5.7 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 Bar Sahara.

Bar Sahara is about 64 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bar Sahara is in Sabang tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Nachinda is about 5.7 km away. Contai is about 14 km away. Sabang is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.