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About Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara Village

Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara is a small village in Mal tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 63 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Jalpaiguri
Tehsil Mal
Pincode 735218
Area (hectares) 77.3 hectares
Population 115
Male Population 63
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 825
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara compares

By the 2011 count Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara is the 95th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 77.3 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara

Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara from other places

Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara lies about 28 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Neoranadi, about 3.1 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 Kantadighi Kumarpara
Nearest railway station Neoranadi 3.1 km
Nearest town Maināguri 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Mal 28 km
District headquarters Jalpaiguri 28 km

Villages closest to Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mal 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 Kantadighi Kumarpara

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara village had a population of 115. That makes it the 95th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara village has 63 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara is 735218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara covers 77.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara falls under Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara is Neoranadi, about 3.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara.

Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara is about 28 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara is in Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Neoranadi is about 3.1 km away. Maināguri is about 24 km away. Mal is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kantadighi Kumarpara (under 2 km), Kumali (under 2 km) and Neora (2.0 km).

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

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