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About Rangapukur Village

Rangapukur is a mid sized village in Bansihari tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 726, made up of 384 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rangapukur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangapukur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Bansihari
Pincode 733121
Area (hectares) 97.46 hectares
Population 726
Male Population 384
Female Population 342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Rangapukur compares

By the 2011 count Rangapukur is the 68th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 883 residents. Its 97.46 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Rangapukur

Rangapukur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Rangapukur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Puria, Raghabnagar, Rahimpur and Rajapur. 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 Rangapukur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangapukur village had a population of 726. That makes it the 68th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 883 residents.

Rangapukur village has 384 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangapukur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Rangapukur is 733121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangapukur covers 97.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rangapukur falls under Bansihari tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Rangapukur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Rangapukur.

Rangapukur is in Bansihari 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 Rangapukur today is likely to be higher.

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