About Rajpokhar Village

Rajpokhar is a mid sized village in Goalpokhar I tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 592, made up of 315 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajpokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajpokhar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Goalpokhar I
Pincode	733210
Area (hectares)	103.6 hectares
Population	592
Male Population	315
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
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 Rajpokhar compares

By the 2011 count Rajpokhar is the 118th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,223 residents. Its 103.6 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 921.

Getting to Rajpokhar

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

Rajpokhar lies about 22 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Panjipara, about 16 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 Rajpokhar
Nearest railway station	Panjipara	16 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goalpokhar I	22 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	22 km

Villages closest to Rajpokhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar I 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 Rajpokhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajpokhar village had a population of 592. That makes it the 118th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,223 residents.

Rajpokhar village has 315 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajpokhar has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Rajpokhar is 733210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajpokhar covers 103.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rajpokhar falls under Goalpokhar I tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Rajpokhar is Panjipara, about 16 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 Rajpokhar.

Rajpokhar is about 22 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajpokhar is in Goalpokhar I tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Panjipara is about 16 km away. Kishanganj is about 19 km away. Goalpokhar I is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.