About Purbba Dehar Village

Purbba Dehar is a large village in Maynaguri tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,906, made up of 2,013 males and 1,893 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 527.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbba Dehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbba Dehar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Tehsil	Maynaguri
Pincode	735224
Area (hectares)	527.4 hectares
Population	3,906
Male Population	2,013
Female Population	1,893
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
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 Purbba Dehar compares

By the 2011 count Purbba Dehar is the 30th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,684 residents. Its 527.4 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Purbba Dehar

Purbba Dehar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purbba Dehar 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 Purbba Dehar from other places

Purbba Dehar lies about 35 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Dhumdangi, about 12 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 Dehar
Nearest railway station	Dhumdangi	12 km
Nearest town	Islāmpur	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maynaguri	35 km
District headquarters	Jalpaiguri	35 km

Villages closest to Purbba Dehar

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

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Common questions about Purbba Dehar

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbba Dehar village had a population of 3,906. That makes it the 30th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,684 residents.

Purbba Dehar village has 2,013 males and 1,893 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbba Dehar has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Purbba Dehar is 735224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbba Dehar covers 527.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purbba Dehar falls under Maynaguri tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purbba Dehar is Dhumdangi, about 12 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 Purbba Dehar.

Purbba Dehar is about 35 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purbba Dehar is in Maynaguri tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Dhumdangi is about 12 km away. Islāmpur is about 27 km away. Maynaguri is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.