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About Purbba Maheshpur Village

Purbba Maheshpur is a small village in Balurghat tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 297, made up of 160 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbba Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbba Maheshpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Balurghat
Pincode 733154
Area (hectares) 84.71 hectares
Population 297
Male Population 160
Female Population 137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purbba Maheshpur compares

By the 2011 count Purbba Maheshpur is the 223rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 84.71 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 959.

Getting to Purbba Maheshpur

Purbba Maheshpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purbba Maheshpur as Available within 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Pirijpur, Pollapara, Pulinda and Purba Chakbhikan. 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 Purbba Maheshpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbba Maheshpur village had a population of 297. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Purbba Maheshpur village has 160 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbba Maheshpur has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Purbba Maheshpur is 733154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbba Maheshpur covers 84.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purbba Maheshpur falls under Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Purbba Maheshpur notes the nearest railway station 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 - 10 km distance for Purbba Maheshpur.

Purbba Maheshpur is in Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur 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 Purbba Maheshpur today is likely to be higher.

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