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About Serpur Village

Serpur is a mid sized village in Dhaniakhali tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 933, made up of 462 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712301, 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 Dhaniakhali
Pincode 712301
Area (hectares) 93.45 hectares
Population 933
Male Population 462
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Serpur compares

By the 2011 count Serpur is the 131st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 93.45 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Serpur

The census records public bus service for Serpur as Available within <5 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Serpur from other places

Serpur lies about 18 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Serampore, about under 2 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 Serampore under 2 km
Nearest town Shrīrāmpur under 2 km
District headquarters Hugli 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhaniakhali 35 km

Villages closest to Serpur

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

Common questions about Serpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Serpur village had a population of 933. That makes it the 131st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Serpur village has 462 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Serpur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Serpur is 712301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Serpur covers 93.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Serpur is Serampore, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 - 10 km distance for Serpur.

Serpur is about 18 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 Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district. Serampore is about under 2 km away. Shrīrāmpur is about under 2 km away. Hugli is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harirampur (under 2 km), Shrirampur (under 2 km) and Balighari (3.8 km).

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

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