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About Purba Bankati Village

Purba Bankati is a small village in Suri I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 136 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Bankati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Bankati village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Suri I
Pincode 731126
Area (hectares) 166.29 hectares
Population 284
Male Population 136
Female Population 148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purba Bankati compares

By the 2011 count Purba Bankati is the 82nd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 166.29 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Purba Bankati

Purba Bankati is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purba Bankati 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 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Panchkath, Panuria, Parsimulia and Pathar Chapri. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Bankati

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Bankati village had a population of 284. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Purba Bankati village has 136 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Bankati has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Purba Bankati is 731126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Bankati covers 166.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purba Bankati falls under Suri I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The census record for Purba Bankati notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Bankati.

Purba Bankati is in Suri I tehsil of Birbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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