About Tanasi Village

Tanasi is a mid sized village in Arsha tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,046, made up of 522 males and 524 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tanasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tanasi village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Puruliya
Tehsil	Arsha
Pincode	723201
Area (hectares)	460.13 hectares
Population	1,046
Male Population	522
Female Population	524
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tanasi compares

By the 2011 count Tanasi is the 54th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,629 residents. Its 460.13 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Tanasi

Tanasi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tanasi as Available within 5 - 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tanasi from other places

Tanasi lies about 50 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Barlanga, about 4.9 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 Tanasi
Nearest railway station	Barlanga	4.9 km
Nearest town	Chitarpur	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arsha	32 km
District headquarters	Puruliya	50 km

Villages closest to Tanasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tanasi village had a population of 1,046. That makes it the 54th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,629 residents.

Tanasi village has 522 males and 524 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tanasi has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Tanasi is 723201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tanasi covers 460.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tanasi falls under Arsha tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Tanasi is Barlanga, about 4.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Tanasi.

Tanasi is about 50 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tanasi is in Arsha tehsil of Puruliya district. Barlanga is about 4.9 km away. Chitarpur is about 28 km away. Arsha is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.