About Purba Siur Village

Purba Siur is a mid sized village in Sainthia tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,477, made up of 739 males and 738 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Siur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Siur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Sainthia
Pincode	731201
Area (hectares)	108.19 hectares
Population	1,477
Male Population	739
Female Population	738
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purba Siur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Siur is the 29th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 862 residents. Its 108.19 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Purba Siur

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

How far is Purba Siur from other places

Purba Siur lies about 63 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Prantik, 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 Purba Siur
Nearest railway station	Prantik	12 km
Nearest town	Bolpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sainthia	32 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	63 km

Villages closest to Purba Siur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Siur village had a population of 1,477. That makes it the 29th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 862 residents.

Purba Siur village has 739 males and 738 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Siur has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Purba Siur is 731201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Siur covers 108.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purba Siur falls under Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Siur is Prantik, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purba Siur.

Purba Siur is about 63 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Siur is in Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district. Prantik is about 12 km away. Bolpur is about 13 km away. Sainthia is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.