About Sapla Village

Sapla is a mid sized village in Jaynagar II tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 783, made up of 423 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sapla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sapla village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Jaynagar II
Pincode	743338
Area (hectares)	136.32 hectares
Population	783
Male Population	423
Female Population	360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sapla compares

By the 2011 count Sapla is the 43rd largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,102 residents. Its 136.32 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Sapla

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

How far is Sapla from other places

Sapla lies about 15 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Baharu, about 12 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 Sapla
Nearest railway station	Baharu	12 km
Nearest town	Jaynagar Majilpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaynagar II	15 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	15 km

Villages closest to Sapla

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

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Common questions about Sapla

As per the Census of India 2011, Sapla village had a population of 783. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,102 residents.

Sapla village has 423 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sapla has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Sapla is 743338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sapla covers 136.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sapla falls under Jaynagar II tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sapla is Baharu, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 Sapla.

Sapla is about 15 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.

Sapla is in Jaynagar II tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Baharu is about 12 km away. Jaynagar Majilpur is about 13 km away. Jaynagar II is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.