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About Rupganja Village

Rupganja is a small village in Mohammad Bazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 235, made up of 130 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 808 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rupganja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rupganja village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Mohammad Bazar
Pincode 731127
Area (hectares) 93.79 hectares
Population 235
Male Population 130
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 808
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rupganja compares

By the 2011 count Rupganja is the 117th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents. Its 93.79 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 974.

Getting to Rupganja

Rupganja is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Rupganja 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rupganja from other places

Rupganja lies about 32 km from Birbhum, 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 Rupganja
Nearest railway station Kunuri 12 km
Nearest town Siuri 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohammad Bazar 32 km
District headquarters Birbhum 32 km

Villages closest to Rupganja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohammad Bazar 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 Rupganja

As per the Census of India 2011, Rupganja village had a population of 235. That makes it the 117th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents.

Rupganja village has 130 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rupganja has about 808 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Rupganja is 731127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rupganja covers 93.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rupganja falls under Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Rupganja is Kunuri, about 12 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Rupganja.

Rupganja is about 32 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rupganja is in Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Kunuri is about 12 km away. Siuri is about 12 km away. Mohammad Bazar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Danjana (under 2 km), Bagalpur (1.6 km) and Fullaipur (2.1 km).

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

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