About Gagra Char Village

Gagra Char is a mid sized village in Nandigram I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 709, made up of 366 males and 343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721646, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gagra Char Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagra Char village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Nandigram I
Pincode	721646
Area (hectares)	323.75 hectares
Population	709
Male Population	366
Female Population	343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagra Char compares

By the 2011 count Gagra Char is the 82nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,062 residents. Its 323.75 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Gagra Char

Gagra Char is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gagra Char as Available within 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 Dhanya Khola, Dijamtalya, Dinabandhupur and Durgapur. 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.

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Common questions about Gagra Char

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagra Char village had a population of 709. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,062 residents.

Gagra Char village has 366 males and 343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagra Char has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Gagra Char is 721646. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gagra Char covers 323.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gagra Char falls under Nandigram I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Gagra Char notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gagra Char.

Gagra Char is in Nandigram 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.