About Bangoan Village

Bangoan is a mid sized village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 521, made up of 253 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bangoan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bangoan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Goalpokhar II
Pincode	733209
Area (hectares)	123.32 hectares
Population	521
Male Population	253
Female Population	268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
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 Bangoan compares

By the 2011 count Bangoan is the 148th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 123.32 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Bangoan

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

Bangoan lies about 19 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Telta, about 5.1 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 Bangoan
Nearest railway station	Telta	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goalpokhar II	19 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	19 km
Nearest town	Kasba	26 km

Villages closest to Bangoan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bangoan village had a population of 521. That makes it the 148th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Bangoan village has 253 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bangoan has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Bangoan is 733209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bangoan covers 123.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bangoan falls under Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bangoan is Telta, about 5.1 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 Bangoan.

Bangoan is about 19 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bangoan is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Telta is about 5.1 km away. Goalpokhar II is about 19 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.