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About Phulbari Village

Phulbari is a small village in Karandighi tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 296, made up of 152 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phulbari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phulbari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Karandighi
Pincode 733215
Area (hectares) 66.36 hectares
Population 296
Male Population 152
Female Population 144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
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 Phulbari compares

By the 2011 count Phulbari is the 188th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents. Its 66.36 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Phulbari

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

Phulbari lies about 7.4 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dalkhola, about 4.6 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 Phulbari
Nearest railway station Dalkhola 4.6 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Karandighi 10 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 25 km

Villages closest to Phulbari

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

Common questions about Phulbari

As per the Census of India 2011, Phulbari village had a population of 296. That makes it the 188th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents.

Phulbari village has 152 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phulbari has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Phulbari is 733215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phulbari covers 66.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phulbari falls under Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Phulbari is Dalkhola, about 4.6 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 Phulbari.

Phulbari is about 7.4 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phulbari is in Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Dalkhola is about 4.6 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 7.4 km away. Karandighi is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sima Anandapur (under 2 km), Jagadishpur (under 2 km) and Bhagsur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Phulbari today is likely to be higher.

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