About Paranpur Village

Paranpur is a small village in Sagardighi tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 183, made up of 103 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 777 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742122, 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	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Sagardighi
Pincode	742122
Area (hectares)	89.31 hectares
Population	183
Male Population	103
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	777
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Paranpur compares

By the 2011 count Paranpur is the 161st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents. Its 89.31 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Paranpur

Paranpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paranpur 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 5 - 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 53 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 5.1 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 Paranpur
Nearest railway station	Chatra	5.1 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagardighi	31 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	53 km

Villages closest to Paranpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sagardighi 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 183. That makes it the 161st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents.

Paranpur village has 103 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paranpur has about 777 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Paranpur is 742122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paranpur covers 89.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paranpur falls under Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Paranpur is Chatra, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Paranpur.

Paranpur is about 53 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paranpur is in Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district. Chatra is about 5.1 km away. Nalhāti is about 11 km away. Sagardighi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.