About Punglapur Village

Punglapur is a small village in Dubrajpur tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 233, made up of 111 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731240, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punglapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punglapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Dubrajpur
Pincode	731240
Area (hectares)	146.91 hectares
Population	233
Male Population	111
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,099
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punglapur compares

By the 2011 count Punglapur is the 168th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 954 residents. Its 146.91 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 951.

Getting to Punglapur

Punglapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Punglapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punglapur from other places

Punglapur lies about 62 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Dubrajpur, about 8.5 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 Punglapur
Nearest railway station	Dubrajpur	8.5 km
Nearest town	Dubrājpur	9.4 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	62 km

Villages closest to Punglapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punglapur village had a population of 233. That makes it the 168th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 954 residents.

Punglapur village has 111 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punglapur has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Punglapur is 731240. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punglapur covers 146.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punglapur falls under Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Punglapur is Dubrajpur, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Punglapur.

Punglapur is about 62 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punglapur is in Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district. Dubrajpur is about 8.5 km away. Dubrājpur is about 9.4 km away. Birbhum is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.