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About Purba Banpur Village

Purba Banpur is a mid sized village in Dhaniakhali tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,232, made up of 621 males and 611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Banpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Banpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Dhaniakhali
Pincode 712302
Area (hectares) 115.71 hectares
Population 1,232
Male Population 621
Female Population 611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purba Banpur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Banpur is the 97th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 115.71 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Purba Banpur

Purba Banpur 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 Purba Banpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Purba Banpur from other places

Purba Banpur lies about 31 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Bargachia, about 7.9 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 Purba Banpur
Nearest railway station Bargachia 7.9 km
Nearest town Dhulagari 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhaniakhali 27 km
District headquarters Hugli 31 km

Villages closest to Purba Banpur

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 Purba Banpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Banpur village had a population of 1,232. That makes it the 97th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Purba Banpur village has 621 males and 611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Banpur has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Purba Banpur is 712302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Banpur covers 115.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purba Banpur falls under Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Banpur is Bargachia, about 7.9 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purba Banpur.

Purba Banpur is about 31 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Banpur is in Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district. Bargachia is about 7.9 km away. Dhulagari is about 17 km away. Dhaniakhali is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banshipur (under 2 km), Basipur (under 2 km) and Bhabanipur (under 2 km).

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

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