About Serpur Village

Serpur is one of the larger villages in Balagarh tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,983, made up of 3,108 males and 2,875 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712513, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Serpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Serpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Hugli
Tehsil	Balagarh
Pincode	712513
Area (hectares)	72.13 hectares
Population	5,983
Male Population	3,108
Female Population	2,875
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Serpur compares

By the 2011 count Serpur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents. Its 72.13 hectares work out to about 83 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Serpur

Serpur 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 Serpur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Serpur from other places

Serpur lies about 50 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Piali, about 14 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 Serpur
Nearest railway station	Piali	14 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balagarh	30 km
District headquarters	Hugli	50 km

Villages closest to Serpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Serpur village had a population of 5,983. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents.

Serpur village has 3,108 males and 2,875 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Serpur has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Serpur is 712513. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Serpur covers 72.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 83 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Serpur falls under Balagarh tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Serpur is Piali, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Serpur is about 50 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Serpur is in Balagarh tehsil of Hugli district. Piali is about 14 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 17 km away. Balagarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.