About Bastor Village

Bastor is a mid sized village in Raiganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 799, made up of 415 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bastor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bastor village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Raiganj
Pincode	733134
Area (hectares)	127.92 hectares
Population	799
Male Population	415
Female Population	384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bastor compares

By the 2011 count Bastor is the 166th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents. Its 127.92 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Bastor

Bastor is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bastor as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bastor from other places

Bastor lies about 12 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Telta, about 8.0 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 Bastor
Nearest railway station	Telta	8.0 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raiganj	30 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	30 km

Villages closest to Bastor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bastor village had a population of 799. That makes it the 166th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents.

Bastor village has 415 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bastor has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

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

Bastor covers 127.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bastor falls under Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bastor is Telta, about 8.0 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 10+ km distance for Bastor.

Bastor is about 12 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bastor is in Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Telta is about 8.0 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 12 km away. Raiganj is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.