About Butijhari Village

Butijhari is a large village in Chopra tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,223, made up of 1,637 males and 1,586 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 632.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butijhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butijhari village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Chopra
Pincode	733207
Area (hectares)	632.11 hectares
Population	3,223
Male Population	1,637
Female Population	1,586
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Butijhari compares

By the 2011 count Butijhari is the 24th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents. Its 632.11 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Butijhari

Butijhari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Butijhari as Available within village. 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 Butijhari from other places

Butijhari lies about 76 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhumdangi, about 9.4 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 Butijhari
Nearest railway station	Dhumdangi	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chopra	14 km
Nearest town	Siliguri	27 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	76 km

Villages closest to Butijhari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Butijhari village had a population of 3,223. That makes it the 24th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents.

Butijhari village has 1,637 males and 1,586 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butijhari has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Butijhari is 733207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butijhari covers 632.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Butijhari falls under Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Butijhari is Dhumdangi, about 9.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Butijhari.

Butijhari is about 76 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Butijhari is in Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Dhumdangi is about 9.4 km away. Chopra is about 14 km away. Siliguri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.