About Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai Village

Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai 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 501, made up of 266 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Contai I
Pincode	721450
Area (hectares)	187.41 hectares
Population	501
Male Population	266
Female Population	235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai compares

By the 2011 count Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai is the 125th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 187.41 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai

Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai as Available within 5 - 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 Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai from other places

Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai lies about 13 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Laban Satyagrah Smarak, about 5.0 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 Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai
Nearest railway station	Laban Satyagrah Smarak	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Contai I	13 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	13 km
Nearest town	Tamlūk	18 km

Villages closest to Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Contai I 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 Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai

As per the Census of India 2011, Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai village had a population of 501. That makes it the 125th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai village has 266 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai has about 883 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 Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai is 721450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai covers 187.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai falls under Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai is Laban Satyagrah Smarak, about 5.0 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 village for Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai.

Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai is about 13 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shyam Rai Bar Jalpai is in Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Laban Satyagrah Smarak is about 5.0 km away. Contai I is about 13 km away. Purba Medinipur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Machnendatur Jalpai (under 2 km), Purba Ram Chandra Pur (under 2 km) and Raghusardar Bar Jalpai (under 2 km).

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