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About Luxbagan Village

Luxbagan is a large village in Gosaba tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,504, made up of 2,321 males and 2,183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 609.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743370, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Luxbagan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Luxbagan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Gosaba
Pincode 743370
Area (hectares) 609.46 hectares
Population 4,504
Male Population 2,321
Female Population 2,183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Luxbagan compares

By the 2011 count Luxbagan is the 24th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 4,932 residents. Its 609.46 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Luxbagan

Luxbagan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Luxbagan as Available within <5 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Luxbagan from other places

Luxbagan lies about 51 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Canning, about 31 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 Luxbagan
Tehsil headquarters Gosaba 10 km
Nearest railway station Canning 31 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 51 km

Villages closest to Luxbagan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Luxbagan village had a population of 4,504. That makes it the 24th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,932 residents.

Luxbagan village has 2,321 males and 2,183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Luxbagan has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Luxbagan is 743370. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Luxbagan covers 609.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Luxbagan falls under Gosaba tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Luxbagan is Canning, about 31 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Luxbagan.

Luxbagan is about 51 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.

Luxbagan is in Gosaba tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Gosaba is about 10 km away. Canning is about 31 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sudhansupur (1.6 km), Sadhupur (2.7 km) and Lahiripur (3.1 km).

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

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