About Rupganj Village

Rupganj is a mid sized village in Kanksa tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,372, made up of 745 males and 627 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713380, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rupganj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rupganj village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Barddhaman
Tehsil	Kanksa
Pincode	713380
Area (hectares)	463.77 hectares
Population	1,372
Male Population	745
Female Population	627
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Rupganj compares

By the 2011 count Rupganj is the 30th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 463.77 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Rupganj

Rupganj is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rupganj 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rupganj from other places

Rupganj lies about 89 km from Barddhaman, and the nearest railway station is Kunuri, about 12 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 Rupganj
Nearest railway station	Kunuri	12 km
Nearest town	Siuri	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanksa	14 km
District headquarters	Barddhaman	89 km

Villages closest to Rupganj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rupganj village had a population of 1,372. That makes it the 30th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Rupganj village has 745 males and 627 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rupganj has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Rupganj is 713380. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rupganj covers 463.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rupganj falls under Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Rupganj is Kunuri, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Rupganj is about 89 km from Barddhaman in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rupganj is in Kanksa tehsil of Barddhaman district. Kunuri is about 12 km away. Siuri is about 12 km away. Kanksa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.