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About Purbari Telpa Village

Purbari Telpa is a large village in Chapra tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,522, made up of 1,883 males and 1,639 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269 hectares hectares.

Purbari Telpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbari Telpa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Chapra
Area (hectares) 269 hectares
Population 3,522
Male Population 1,883
Female Population 1,639
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Purbari Telpa compares

By the 2011 count Purbari Telpa is the 17th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents. Its 269 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Purbari Telpa

Purbari Telpa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purbari Telpa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purbari Telpa from other places

Purbari Telpa lies about 35 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Chhapra Gramin Junction, about 1.6 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 Purbari Telpa
Nearest railway station Chhapra Gramin Junction 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Chapra 2.1 km
Nearest town Chāpra 2.1 km
District headquarters Saran 35 km

Villages closest to Purbari Telpa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chapra 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 Purbari Telpa

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbari Telpa village had a population of 3,522. That makes it the 17th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents.

Purbari Telpa village has 1,883 males and 1,639 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbari Telpa has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Purbari Telpa covers 269 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purbari Telpa falls under Chapra tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purbari Telpa is Chhapra Gramin Junction, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purbari Telpa.

Purbari Telpa is about 35 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purbari Telpa is in Chapra tehsil of Saran district. Chhapra Gramin Junction is about 1.6 km away. Chapra is about 2.1 km away. Chāpra is about 2.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bichla Telpa (under 2 km), Chhuri Chhapra (2.1 km) and Parsotim Chhapra (2.1 km).

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

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