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About Singheshwar Village

Singheshwar is a small village in Mandirbazar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 5 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Singheshwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singheshwar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Mandirbazar
Pincode 743336
Area (hectares) 34.94 hectares
Population 11
Male Population 5
Female Population 6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,200
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Singheshwar compares

By the 2011 count Singheshwar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents. Its 34.94 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Singheshwar

The census records public bus service for Singheshwar 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Singheshwar from other places

Singheshwar lies about 11 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Lakshmikantapur, about 2.8 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 Singheshwar
Nearest railway station Lakshmikantapur 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandirbazar 11 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 11 km
Nearest town Jaynagar Majilpur 13 km

Villages closest to Singheshwar

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 Singheshwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Singheshwar village had a population of 11. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents.

Singheshwar village has 5 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singheshwar has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

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

Singheshwar covers 34.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Singheshwar is Lakshmikantapur, about 2.8 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Singheshwar.

Singheshwar is about 11 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.

Singheshwar is in Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Lakshmikantapur is about 2.8 km away. Mandirbazar is about 11 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramlochanpur (under 2 km), Ghateshwar (under 2 km) and Inatpur (under 2 km).

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

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