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About Kalidas Bar Village

Kalidas Bar is a small village in Deshopran tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 56 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalidas Bar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalidas Bar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Deshopran
Pincode 721442
Area (hectares) 54.49 hectares
Population 111
Male Population 56
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 982
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalidas Bar compares

By the 2011 count Kalidas Bar is the 155th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 54.49 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Kalidas Bar

Kalidas Bar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kalidas Bar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kalidas Bar from other places

Kalidas Bar lies about 23 km from Purba 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 Kalidas Bar
Nearest railway station Nachinda 5.7 km
Nearest town Contai 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Deshopran 23 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 23 km

Villages closest to Kalidas Bar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Deshopran 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.

Common questions about Kalidas Bar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalidas Bar village had a population of 111. That makes it the 155th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Kalidas Bar village has 56 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalidas Bar has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Kalidas Bar is 721442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalidas Bar covers 54.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalidas Bar falls under Deshopran tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kalidas Bar 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kalidas Bar.

Kalidas Bar is about 23 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalidas Bar is in Deshopran tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Nachinda is about 5.7 km away. Contai is about 14 km away. Deshopran is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balu Bar (under 2 km), Umapati Bar (under 2 km) and Bhupati Chak (12 km).

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

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