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About Popai Village

Popai is a mid sized village in Polba Dadpur tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,846, made up of 972 males and 874 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.33 hectares hectares.

Popai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Popai village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Polba Dadpur
Area (hectares) 220.33 hectares
Population 1,846
Male Population 972
Female Population 874
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Popai compares

By the 2011 count Popai is the 42nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 220.33 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Popai

The census records public bus service for Popai as Available within 5 - 10 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 Patna Bhairabpur, Patul, Paunan and Payan. 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 Popai

As per the Census of India 2011, Popai village had a population of 1,846. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Popai village has 972 males and 874 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Popai has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Popai covers 220.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Popai falls under Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The census record for Popai notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Popai.

Popai is in Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli 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 Popai today is likely to be higher.

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