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About Purba Latasi Village

Purba Latasi is a small village in Chanchal II tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 145, made up of 69 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Latasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Latasi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Maldah
Tehsil Chanchal II
Pincode 732139
Area (hectares) 92.47 hectares
Population 145
Male Population 69
Female Population 76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,101
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 Latasi compares

By the 2011 count Purba Latasi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,281 residents. Its 92.47 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Purba Latasi

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

Purba Latasi lies about 29 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Bhaluka Road, about 2.1 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 Latasi
Nearest railway station Bhaluka Road 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanchal II 8.1 km
District headquarters Maldah 29 km
Nearest town Manihāri 30 km

Villages closest to Purba Latasi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanchal II 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 Latasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Latasi village had a population of 145. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,281 residents.

Purba Latasi village has 69 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Latasi has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Purba Latasi is 732139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Latasi covers 92.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purba Latasi falls under Chanchal II tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Latasi is Bhaluka Road, about 2.1 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 Latasi.

Purba Latasi is about 29 km from Maldah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Latasi is in Chanchal II tehsil of Maldah district. Bhaluka Road is about 2.1 km away. Chanchal II is about 8.1 km away. Maldah is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dumro (2.4 km), Kapsia (2.6 km) and Aladipur (2.6 km).

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

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