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About Rampur Village

Rampur is a small village in Chhatna tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 443, made up of 219 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.01 hectares hectares.

Rampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Chhatna
Area (hectares) 236.01 hectares
Population 443
Male Population 219
Female Population 224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Rampur compares

By the 2011 count Rampur is the 163rd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 685 residents. Its 236.01 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Rampur

The census records public bus service for Rampur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rampur from other places

Rampur lies about 22 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Bankura Jn., about 22 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 Rampur
Nearest railway station Bankura Jn. 22 km
District headquarters Bankura 22 km
Nearest town Bānkura 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatna 23 km

Villages closest to Rampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rampur village had a population of 443. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 685 residents.

Rampur village has 219 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rampur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

Rampur covers 236.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rampur falls under Chhatna tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Rampur is Bankura Jn., about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Rampur is about 22 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rampur is in Chhatna tehsil of Bankura district. Bankura Jn. is about 22 km away. Bankura is about 22 km away. Bānkura is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gara (under 2 km), Gobindapur (3.5 km) and Tentuibad (4.2 km).

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

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