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About Budhakhali Village

Budhakhali is one of the larger villages in Namkhana tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,195, made up of 2,597 males and 2,598 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 692.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budhakhali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budhakhali village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Namkhana
Pincode 743347
Area (hectares) 692.65 hectares
Population 5,195
Male Population 2,597
Female Population 2,598
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Budhakhali compares

By the 2011 count Budhakhali is the 20th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 5,377 residents. Its 692.65 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Budhakhali

The census records public bus service for Budhakhali as Available within 5 - 10 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 Budhakhali from other places

Budhakhali lies about 43 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Ukilerhat, about 2.3 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 Budhakhali
Nearest railway station Ukilerhat 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Namkhana 7.5 km
Nearest town Haldia 28 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 43 km

Villages closest to Budhakhali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Budhakhali village had a population of 5,195. That makes it the 20th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,377 residents.

Budhakhali village has 2,597 males and 2,598 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budhakhali has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Budhakhali is 743347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budhakhali covers 692.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Budhakhali falls under Namkhana tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Budhakhali is Ukilerhat, about 2.3 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Budhakhali.

Budhakhali is about 43 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.

Budhakhali is in Namkhana tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Ukilerhat is about 2.3 km away. Namkhana is about 7.5 km away. Haldia is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajnagar Srinathgram (2.7 km), Bishalakshmipur (3.1 km) and Phatikpur (4.3 km).

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

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