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About Champanagar Village

Champanagar is a mid sized village in Mandirbazar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 546, made up of 295 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743395, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Champanagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Champanagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Mandirbazar
Pincode 743395
Area (hectares) 61.58 hectares
Population 546
Male Population 295
Female Population 251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Champanagar compares

By the 2011 count Champanagar is the 87th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents. Its 61.58 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Champanagar

Champanagar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Champanagar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Champanagar from other places

Champanagar lies about 9.5 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Lakshmikantapur, about 4.8 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 Champanagar
Nearest railway station Lakshmikantapur 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandirbazar 9.5 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 9.5 km
Nearest town Jaynagar Majilpur 12 km

Villages closest to Champanagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Champanagar village had a population of 546. That makes it the 87th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents.

Champanagar village has 295 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Champanagar has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Champanagar is 743395. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Champanagar covers 61.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Champanagar falls under Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Champanagar is Lakshmikantapur, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Champanagar.

Champanagar is about 9.5 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.

Champanagar is in Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Lakshmikantapur is about 4.8 km away. Mandirbazar is about 9.5 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mandabtala (under 2 km), Gumki (under 2 km) and Ramnathpur (under 2 km).

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

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