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About Purandapur Village

Purandapur is a small village in Rampurhat I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 100 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purandapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purandapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Rampurhat I
Pincode 731224
Area (hectares) 89.4 hectares
Population 194
Male Population 100
Female Population 94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purandapur compares

By the 2011 count Purandapur is the 110th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 89.4 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Purandapur

Purandapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purandapur as Available within 10+ 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 Purandapur from other places

Purandapur lies about under 2 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Swadinpur, about 3.9 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 Purandapur
Tehsil headquarters Rampurhat I under 2 km
District headquarters Birbhum under 2 km
Nearest railway station Swadinpur 3.9 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 4.7 km

Villages closest to Purandapur

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

Common questions about Purandapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purandapur village had a population of 194. That makes it the 110th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Purandapur village has 100 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purandapur has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Purandapur is 731224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purandapur covers 89.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purandapur falls under Rampurhat I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purandapur is Swadinpur, about 3.9 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 km distance for Purandapur.

Purandapur is about under 2 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purandapur is in Rampurhat I tehsil of Birbhum district. Rampurhat I is about under 2 km away. Birbhum is about under 2 km away. Swadinpur is about 3.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dadpur (under 2 km), Mallikpur (under 2 km) and Parkandi (under 2 km).

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

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