About Kachan Village

Kachan is a mid sized village in Hemtabad tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 645, made up of 346 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kachan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kachan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Hemtabad
Pincode	733134
Area (hectares)	84.3 hectares
Population	645
Male Population	346
Female Population	299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
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 Kachan compares

By the 2011 count Kachan is the 80th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 84.3 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Kachan

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

Kachan lies about 40 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Kaliyaganj, about 12 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 Kachan
Tehsil headquarters	Hemtabad	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kaliyaganj	12 km
Nearest town	Kāliyāganj	13 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	40 km

Villages closest to Kachan

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Kachan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kachan village had a population of 645. That makes it the 80th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Kachan village has 346 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kachan has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Kachan is 733134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kachan covers 84.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kachan falls under Hemtabad tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kachan is Kaliyaganj, about 12 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 Kachan.

Kachan is about 40 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kachan is in Hemtabad tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Hemtabad is about 11 km away. Kaliyaganj is about 12 km away. Kāliyāganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.