About Purana Bangaon Village

Purana Bangaon is one of the larger villages in Bongaon tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,265, made up of 4,293 males and 3,972 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 548.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743235, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purana Bangaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purana Bangaon village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Bongaon
Pincode	743235
Area (hectares)	548.69 hectares
Population	8,265
Male Population	4,293
Female Population	3,972
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purana Bangaon compares

By the 2011 count Purana Bangaon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,556 residents. Its 548.69 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Purana Bangaon

Purana Bangaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purana Bangaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Purana Bangaon from other places

Purana Bangaon lies about 26 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Bangaon Junction, about 1.7 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 Purana Bangaon
Tehsil headquarters	Bongaon	under 2 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Bangaon Junction	1.7 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	26 km

Villages closest to Purana Bangaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bongaon 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 Purana Bangaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Purana Bangaon village had a population of 8,265. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,556 residents.

Purana Bangaon village has 4,293 males and 3,972 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purana Bangaon has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Purana Bangaon is 743235. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purana Bangaon covers 548.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purana Bangaon falls under Bongaon tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purana Bangaon is Bangaon Junction, about 1.7 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 village for Purana Bangaon.

Purana Bangaon is about 26 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purana Bangaon is in Bongaon tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Bongaon is about under 2 km away. Bangaon is about under 2 km away. Bangaon Junction is about 1.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.