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About Krishnapur Village

Krishnapur is a large village in Mandirbazar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,594, made up of 1,874 males and 1,720 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Krishnapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Krishnapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Mandirbazar
Pincode 743336
Area (hectares) 235.94 hectares
Population 3,594
Male Population 1,874
Female Population 1,720
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Krishnapur compares

By the 2011 count Krishnapur is the 8th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents. Its 235.94 hectares work out to about 15 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 948.

Getting to Krishnapur

Krishnapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Krishnapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Krishnapur from other places

Krishnapur lies about 7.0 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Madhabpur, about 1.5 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 Krishnapur
Nearest railway station Madhabpur 1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandirbazar 7.0 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 7.0 km
Nearest town Jaynagar Majilpur 9.3 km

Villages closest to Krishnapur

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 Krishnapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Krishnapur village had a population of 3,594. That makes it the 8th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents.

Krishnapur village has 1,874 males and 1,720 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Krishnapur has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Krishnapur is 743336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Krishnapur covers 235.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Krishnapur is Madhabpur, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Krishnapur.

Krishnapur is about 7.0 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.

Krishnapur is in Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Madhabpur is about 1.5 km away. Mandirbazar is about 7.0 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 7.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Purba Raghunathpur (under 2 km), Dadpur (under 2 km) and Dulalpur (under 2 km).

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

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