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About Betabahal Village

Betabahal is a small village in Hura tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 320, made up of 150 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,133 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Betabahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Betabahal village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Hura
Pincode 723101
Area (hectares) 432.74 hectares
Population 320
Male Population 150
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,133
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Betabahal compares

By the 2011 count Betabahal is the 99th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,293 residents. Its 432.74 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Betabahal

Betabahal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Betabahal as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Baragram, Bariarpur, Batabathan and Bathandi. 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 Betabahal

As per the Census of India 2011, Betabahal village had a population of 320. That makes it the 99th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,293 residents.

Betabahal village has 150 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Betabahal has about 1133 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Betabahal is 723101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Betabahal covers 432.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Betabahal falls under Hura tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Betabahal notes the nearest railway station 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 km distance for Betabahal.

Betabahal is in Hura tehsil of Puruliya 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 Betabahal today is likely to be higher.

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