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About Krishnanagar Village

Krishnanagar is a mid sized village in Potashpur II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 743, made up of 412 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 803 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Krishnanagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Krishnanagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Potashpur II
Pincode 721440
Area (hectares) 37.07 hectares
Population 743
Male Population 412
Female Population 331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 803
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 Krishnanagar compares

By the 2011 count Krishnanagar is the 80th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents. Its 37.07 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Krishnanagar

Krishnanagar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Krishnanagar 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 Kharat Katbar, Kharika Patna, Khatibar and Khatuabar. 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.

Common questions about Krishnanagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Krishnanagar village had a population of 743. That makes it the 80th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents.

Krishnanagar village has 412 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Krishnanagar has about 803 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 Krishnanagar is 721440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Krishnanagar covers 37.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The census record for Krishnanagar 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 Krishnanagar.

Krishnanagar is in Potashpur II 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.

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

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