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About Layara Village

Layara is a mid sized village in Para tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 891, made up of 464 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Layara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Layara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Para
Pincode 723126
Area (hectares) 209.14 hectares
Population 891
Male Population 464
Female Population 427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Layara compares

By the 2011 count Layara is the 69th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,430 residents. Its 209.14 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Layara

Layara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Layara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ketlapur Alias Nutandi, Kharikabad, Kinisayar and Koldi. 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 Layara

As per the Census of India 2011, Layara village had a population of 891. That makes it the 69th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,430 residents.

Layara village has 464 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Layara has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Layara is 723126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Layara covers 209.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Layara falls under Para tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Layara notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Layara.

Layara is in Para 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 Layara today is likely to be higher.

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