About Photamari Village

Photamari is a mid sized village in Chopra tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 529, made up of 292 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Photamari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Photamari village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Chopra
Pincode	733207
Area (hectares)	102.38 hectares
Population	529
Male Population	292
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	812
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 Photamari compares

By the 2011 count Photamari is the 91st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents. Its 102.38 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Photamari

Photamari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Photamari 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 Photamari from other places

Photamari lies about 67 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Tin Mile Hat, about 10 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 Photamari
Tehsil headquarters	Chopra	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Tin Mile Hat	10 km
Nearest town	Islāmpur	22 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	67 km

Villages closest to Photamari

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 Photamari

As per the Census of India 2011, Photamari village had a population of 529. That makes it the 91st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents.

Photamari village has 292 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Photamari has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

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

Photamari covers 102.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Photamari is Tin Mile Hat, about 10 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 Photamari.

Photamari is about 67 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Photamari is in Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Chopra is about 5.6 km away. Tin Mile Hat is about 10 km away. Islāmpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.