About Bara Gachhia Village

Bara Gachhia is a large village in Sonarpur tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,520, made up of 1,815 males and 1,705 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Gachhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Gachhia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Sonarpur
Pincode	743330
Area (hectares)	224.21 hectares
Population	3,520
Male Population	1,815
Female Population	1,705
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bara Gachhia compares

By the 2011 count Bara Gachhia is the 19th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents. Its 224.21 hectares work out to about 16 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 962.

Getting to Bara Gachhia

Bara Gachhia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bara Gachhia 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bara Gachhia from other places

Bara Gachhia lies about 24 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Baruipur Junction, about 4.8 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 Bara Gachhia
Nearest railway station	Baruipur Junction	4.8 km
Nearest town	Baruipur	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonarpur	7.6 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	24 km

Villages closest to Bara Gachhia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sonarpur 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 Bara Gachhia

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Gachhia village had a population of 3,520. That makes it the 19th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents.

Bara Gachhia village has 1,815 males and 1,705 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Gachhia has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Bara Gachhia is 743330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Gachhia covers 224.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bara Gachhia falls under Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bara Gachhia is Baruipur Junction, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Bara Gachhia.

Bara Gachhia is about 24 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.

Bara Gachhia is in Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Baruipur Junction is about 4.8 km away. Baruipur is about 5.0 km away. Sonarpur is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.