About Purba Kalikapur Village

Purba Kalikapur is a mid sized village in Mayureswar I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 834, made up of 430 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Kalikapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Kalikapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Mayureswar I
Pincode	731213
Area (hectares)	188.89 hectares
Population	834
Male Population	430
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purba Kalikapur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Kalikapur is the 62nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents. Its 188.89 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Purba Kalikapur

Purba Kalikapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purba Kalikapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Purba Kalikapur from other places

Purba Kalikapur lies about 22 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Takipur, about 6.3 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 Purba Kalikapur
Nearest railway station	Takipur	6.3 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mayureswar I	22 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	22 km

Villages closest to Purba Kalikapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayureswar I 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 Purba Kalikapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Kalikapur village had a population of 834. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents.

Purba Kalikapur village has 430 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Kalikapur has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Purba Kalikapur is 731213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Kalikapur covers 188.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purba Kalikapur falls under Mayureswar I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Kalikapur is Takipur, about 6.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Purba Kalikapur.

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

Purba Kalikapur is in Mayureswar I tehsil of Birbhum district. Takipur is about 6.3 km away. Nalhāti is about 12 km away. Mayureswar I is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.