About Shasan Village

Shasan is a mid sized village in Itahar tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 693, made up of 358 males and 335 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shasan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shasan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Itahar
Pincode	733128
Area (hectares)	126.23 hectares
Population	693
Male Population	358
Female Population	335
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
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 Shasan compares

By the 2011 count Shasan is the 147th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 126.23 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Shasan

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

Shasan lies about 74 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Gazole, about 8.2 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 Shasan
Nearest railway station	Gazole	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Itahar	21 km
Nearest town	Malda	30 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	74 km

Villages closest to Shasan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shasan village had a population of 693. That makes it the 147th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Shasan village has 358 males and 335 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shasan has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Shasan is 733128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shasan covers 126.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shasan falls under Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Shasan is Gazole, about 8.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shasan.

Shasan is about 74 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shasan is in Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Gazole is about 8.2 km away. Itahar is about 21 km away. Malda is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.