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About Lachhanpur Village

Lachhanpur is a mid sized village in Contai I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 620, made up of 336 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lachhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lachhanpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Contai I
Pincode 721401
Area (hectares) 109.74 hectares
Population 620
Male Population 336
Female Population 284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
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 Lachhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Lachhanpur is the 104th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 109.74 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Lachhanpur

Lachhanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lachhanpur 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. The nearest villages by name are Krishnachak, Kudbheri, Kulaipadima and Kulalpada. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Lachhanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Lachhanpur village had a population of 620. That makes it the 104th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Lachhanpur village has 336 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lachhanpur has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Lachhanpur is 721401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lachhanpur covers 109.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lachhanpur falls under Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Lachhanpur notes the nearest railway station 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 Lachhanpur.

Lachhanpur is in Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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