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About Purbba Amarpur Village

Purbba Amarpur is a mid sized village in Goghat I tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,027, made up of 532 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712616, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbba Amarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbba Amarpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Goghat I
Pincode 712616
Area (hectares) 198 hectares
Population 1,027
Male Population 532
Female Population 495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purbba Amarpur compares

By the 2011 count Purbba Amarpur is the 55th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,444 residents. Its 198 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Purbba Amarpur

Purbba Amarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purbba Amarpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purbba Amarpur from other places

Purbba Amarpur lies about 20 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Guma, about 3.9 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 Purbba Amarpur
Nearest railway station Guma 3.9 km
Nearest town Ashoknagar Kalyangarh 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Goghat I 20 km
District headquarters Hugli 20 km

Villages closest to Purbba Amarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goghat I 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 Purbba Amarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbba Amarpur village had a population of 1,027. That makes it the 55th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,444 residents.

Purbba Amarpur village has 532 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbba Amarpur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Purbba Amarpur is 712616. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbba Amarpur covers 198 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purbba Amarpur falls under Goghat I tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purbba Amarpur is Guma, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purbba Amarpur.

Purbba Amarpur is about 20 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purbba Amarpur is in Goghat I tehsil of Hugli district. Guma is about 3.9 km away. Ashoknagar Kalyangarh is about 6.3 km away. Goghat I is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Birampur (5.5 km), Golpur (8.9 km) and Harischandrapur (9.4 km).

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

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