About Banashyam Nagar Village

Banashyam Nagar is one of the larger villages in Patharpratima tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,347, made up of 2,685 males and 2,662 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 672.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743371, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banashyam Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banashyam Nagar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Patharpratima
Pincode	743371
Area (hectares)	672.3 hectares
Population	5,347
Male Population	2,685
Female Population	2,662
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banashyam Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Banashyam Nagar is the 18th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents. Its 672.3 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Banashyam Nagar

Banashyam Nagar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banashyam Nagar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banashyam Nagar from other places

Banashyam Nagar lies about 41 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Namkhana, about 20 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 Banashyam Nagar
Tehsil headquarters	Patharpratima	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Namkhana	20 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	41 km
Nearest town	Jaynagar Majilpur	42 km

Villages closest to Banashyam Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patharpratima 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 Banashyam Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Banashyam Nagar village had a population of 5,347. That makes it the 18th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents.

Banashyam Nagar village has 2,685 males and 2,662 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banashyam Nagar has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Banashyam Nagar is 743371. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banashyam Nagar covers 672.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banashyam Nagar falls under Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Banashyam Nagar is Namkhana, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banashyam Nagar.

Banashyam Nagar is about 41 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.

Banashyam Nagar is in Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Patharpratima is about 7.5 km away. Namkhana is about 20 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.