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About Purba Anantapur Village

Purba Anantapur is a mid sized village in Rampurhat II tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,618, made up of 841 males and 777 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731242, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Anantapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Anantapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Rampurhat II
Pincode 731242
Area (hectares) 42.73 hectares
Population 1,618
Male Population 841
Female Population 777
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
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 Purba Anantapur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Anantapur is the 33rd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 42.73 hectares work out to about 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Purba Anantapur

Purba Anantapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purba Anantapur 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 Purba Anantapur from other places

Purba Anantapur lies about 2.7 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rampurhat Junction, about 4.5 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 Purba Anantapur
Tehsil headquarters Rampurhat II 2.7 km
District headquarters Birbhum 2.7 km
Nearest railway station Rampurhat Junction 4.5 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 4.7 km

Villages closest to Purba Anantapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Anantapur village had a population of 1,618. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Purba Anantapur village has 841 males and 777 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Anantapur has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Purba Anantapur is 731242. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Anantapur covers 42.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purba Anantapur falls under Rampurhat II tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Anantapur is Rampurhat Junction, about 4.5 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 km distance for Purba Anantapur.

Purba Anantapur is about 2.7 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Anantapur is in Rampurhat II tehsil of Birbhum district. Rampurhat II is about 2.7 km away. Birbhum is about 2.7 km away. Rampurhat Junction is about 4.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shrikrishnapur (3.7 km), Chhota Kanaipur (4.7 km) and Bholadanga (4.9 km).

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

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