About Kasur Village

Kasur 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 554, made up of 293 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kasur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kasur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Goalpokhar II
Pincode	733208
Area (hectares)	70.41 hectares
Population	554
Male Population	293
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kasur compares

By the 2011 count Kasur is the 147th 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 70.41 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Kasur

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

Kasur lies about 5.5 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Kanki, about 9.2 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 Kasur
Tehsil headquarters	Goalpokhar II	5.5 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kanki	9.2 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	16 km

Villages closest to Kasur

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 Kasur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kasur village had a population of 554. That makes it the 147th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Kasur village has 293 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kasur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Kasur is 733208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kasur covers 70.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Kasur is Kanki, about 9.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kasur.

Kasur is about 5.5 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kasur is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Goalpokhar II is about 5.5 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 5.5 km away. Kanki is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.