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About Namabathan Village

Namabathan is a small village in Raghunathpur I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 250, made up of 123 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namabathan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namabathan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Raghunathpur I
Pincode 723142
Area (hectares) 145.31 hectares
Population 250
Male Population 123
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
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 Namabathan compares

By the 2011 count Namabathan is the 72nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,221 residents. Its 145.31 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 935.

Getting to Namabathan

Namabathan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Namabathan 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. The nearest villages by name are Manikpur, Matihir Alias Manipur, Metyal Sahar and Metyala. 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 Namabathan

As per the Census of India 2011, Namabathan village had a population of 250. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,221 residents.

Namabathan village has 123 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namabathan has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Namabathan is 723142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namabathan covers 145.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Namabathan falls under Raghunathpur I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Namabathan 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 - 10 km distance for Namabathan.

Namabathan is in Raghunathpur I 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 Namabathan today is likely to be higher.

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