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About Anantapur Village

Anantapur is a large village in Bhangar II tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,140, made up of 1,641 males and 1,499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 700135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anantapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anantapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Bhangar II
Pincode 700135
Area (hectares) 142.85 hectares
Population 3,140
Male Population 1,641
Female Population 1,499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 913
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Anantapur compares

By the 2011 count Anantapur is the 36th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,112 residents. Its 142.85 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Anantapur

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

How far is Anantapur from other places

Anantapur lies about 30 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Basulya Sutahata, about 2.5 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 Anantapur
Nearest railway station Basulya Sutahata 2.5 km
Nearest town Monoharpur 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhangar II 30 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 30 km

Villages closest to Anantapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhangar II 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.

Common questions about Anantapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Anantapur village had a population of 3,140. That makes it the 36th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,112 residents.

Anantapur village has 1,641 males and 1,499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anantapur has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Anantapur is 700135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anantapur covers 142.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Anantapur falls under Bhangar II tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Anantapur is Basulya Sutahata, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Anantapur.

Anantapur is about 30 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anantapur is in Bhangar II tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Basulya Sutahata is about 2.5 km away. Monoharpur is about 3.7 km away. Bhangar II is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hadia (4.8 km), Uttar Kasipur (5.4 km) and Krolbaria (15 km).

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

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