About Bolpur Village

Bolpur is a large village in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,623, made up of 1,316 males and 1,307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 731.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bolpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bolpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Bolpur Sriniketan
Pincode	731204
Area (hectares)	731.58 hectares
Population	2,623
Male Population	1,316
Female Population	1,307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Bolpur compares

By the 2011 count Bolpur is the 16th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 731.58 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Bolpur

Bolpur 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 Bolpur as Available within 5 - 10 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 Bolpur from other places

Bolpur lies about 15 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pinargaria, about 6.9 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 Bolpur
Nearest railway station	Pinargaria	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bolpur Sriniketan	15 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	15 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	17 km

Villages closest to Bolpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bolpur village had a population of 2,623. That makes it the 16th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Bolpur village has 1,316 males and 1,307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bolpur has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Bolpur is 731204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bolpur covers 731.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bolpur falls under Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bolpur is Pinargaria, about 6.9 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bolpur.

Bolpur is about 15 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bolpur is in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district. Pinargaria is about 6.9 km away. Bolpur Sriniketan is about 15 km away. Birbhum is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.