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About Puranpara Village

Puranpara is a mid sized village in Gangarampur tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,416, made up of 708 males and 708 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puranpara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puranpara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Gangarampur
Pincode 733124
Area (hectares) 156 hectares
Population 1,416
Male Population 708
Female Population 708
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Puranpara compares

By the 2011 count Puranpara is the 51st largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents. Its 156 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Puranpara

The census records public bus service for Puranpara as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Paschim Kashipur, Patan, Patul and Phulbari. 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 Puranpara

As per the Census of India 2011, Puranpara village had a population of 1,416. That makes it the 51st largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents.

Puranpara village has 708 males and 708 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puranpara has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Puranpara is 733124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puranpara covers 156 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Puranpara falls under Gangarampur tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Puranpara.

Puranpara is in Gangarampur 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 Puranpara today is likely to be higher.

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