About Hinchi Bar Village

Hinchi Bar is a small village in Potashpur II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 192 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721456, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hinchi Bar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hinchi Bar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Potashpur II
Pincode	721456
Area (hectares)	66.96 hectares
Population	376
Male Population	192
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hinchi Bar compares

By the 2011 count Hinchi Bar is the 112th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents. Its 66.96 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Hinchi Bar

Hinchi Bar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hinchi Bar 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 Hinchi Bar from other places

Hinchi 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 Hinchi Bar
Nearest railway station	Nachinda	5.7 km
Nearest town	Contai	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Potashpur II	23 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	23 km

Villages closest to Hinchi Bar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Potashpur II 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 Hinchi Bar

As per the Census of India 2011, Hinchi Bar village had a population of 376. That makes it the 112th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents.

Hinchi Bar village has 192 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hinchi Bar has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Hinchi Bar is 721456. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hinchi Bar covers 66.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hinchi Bar falls under Potashpur II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Hinchi 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Hinchi Bar.

Hinchi 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.

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