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About Khatibar Village

Khatibar 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 260, made up of 141 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721456, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatibar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatibar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Potashpur II
Pincode 721456
Area (hectares) 57.42 hectares
Population 260
Male Population 141
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khatibar compares

By the 2011 count Khatibar is the 123rd 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 57.42 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 940.

Getting to Khatibar

Khatibar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khatibar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khatibar from other places

Khatibar lies about 20 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Haldia, about under 2 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 Khatibar
Nearest railway station Haldia under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Potashpur II 20 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 20 km

Villages closest to Khatibar

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.

Common questions about Khatibar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatibar village had a population of 260. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents.

Khatibar village has 141 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatibar has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

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

Khatibar covers 57.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khatibar is Haldia, about under 2 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 <5 km distance for Khatibar.

Khatibar is about 20 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatibar is in Potashpur II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Haldia is about under 2 km away. Potashpur II is about 20 km away. Purba Medinipur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saheb Nagar (under 2 km), Dakshin Burijor (6.9 km) and Dakshin Itabere (6.9 km).

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

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