About Narayanpur Village

Narayanpur 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 12,201, made up of 6,273 males and 5,928 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 687.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743357, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Narayanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Narayanpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Namkhana
Pincode	743357
Area (hectares)	687.49 hectares
Population	12,201
Male Population	6,273
Female Population	5,928
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Narayanpur compares

By the 2011 count Narayanpur is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 5,377 residents. Its 687.49 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Narayanpur

Narayanpur 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 Narayanpur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Narayanpur from other places

Narayanpur lies about 47 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Namkhana, about 2.0 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 Narayanpur
Nearest railway station	Namkhana	2.0 km
Nearest town	Haldia	36 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	47 km

Villages closest to Narayanpur

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.

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Common questions about Narayanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Narayanpur village had a population of 12,201. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,377 residents.

Narayanpur village has 6,273 males and 5,928 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Narayanpur has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Narayanpur is 743357. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Narayanpur covers 687.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Narayanpur is Namkhana, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Narayanpur is about 47 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.

Narayanpur is in Namkhana tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Namkhana is about 2.0 km away. Haldia is about 36 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.