About Virpur Village

Virpur is one of the larger villages in Jetpur tehsil, in the district of Rajkot, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11,178, made up of 5,836 males and 5,342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3318.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 360380, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Virpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Virpur village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Rajkot
Tehsil	Jetpur
Pincode	360380
Area (hectares)	3318.42 hectares
Population	11,178
Male Population	5,836
Female Population	5,342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Virpur compares

By the 2011 count Virpur is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,587 residents. Its 3318.42 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 934.

Getting to Virpur

Virpur 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 Virpur as Available within village. 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 Virpur from other places

Virpur lies about 50 km from Rajkot, and the nearest railway station is Virpur, about under 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 Virpur
Nearest railway station	Virpur	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jetpur	13 km
District headquarters	Rajkot	50 km

Villages closest to Virpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Virpur village had a population of 11,178. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,587 residents.

Virpur village has 5,836 males and 5,342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Virpur has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Virpur is 360380. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Virpur covers 3318.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Virpur falls under Jetpur tehsil of Rajkot district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Virpur is Virpur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Virpur.

Virpur is about 50 km from Rajkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Virpur is in Jetpur tehsil of Rajkot district. Virpur is about under 2 km away. Jetpur is about 13 km away. Rajkot is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.