About Paranpur Village

Paranpur is a mid sized village in Ratua II tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,267, made up of 644 males and 623 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 864.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paranpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Ratua II
Pincode	732204
Area (hectares)	864.48 hectares
Population	1,267
Male Population	644
Female Population	623
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paranpur compares

By the 2011 count Paranpur is the 37th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,210 residents. Its 864.48 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Paranpur

Paranpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Paranpur as Available within village. 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 Paranpur from other places

Paranpur lies about 25 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Malahar, about 2.6 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 Paranpur
Nearest railway station	Malahar	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ratua II	25 km
District headquarters	Maldah	25 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	29 km

Villages closest to Paranpur

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

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Common questions about Paranpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Paranpur village had a population of 1,267. That makes it the 37th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,210 residents.

Paranpur village has 644 males and 623 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paranpur has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Paranpur is 732204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paranpur covers 864.48 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.

Paranpur falls under Ratua II tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Paranpur is Malahar, about 2.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Paranpur.

Paranpur is about 25 km from Maldah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paranpur is in Ratua II tehsil of Maldah district. Malahar is about 2.6 km away. Ratua II is about 25 km away. Maldah is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.