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About Serpur Village

Serpur is a small village in Haroa tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 130, made up of 72 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Serpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Serpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Haroa
Pincode 743502
Area (hectares) 88.39 hectares
Population 130
Male Population 72
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Serpur compares

By the 2011 count Serpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents. Its 88.39 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Serpur

Serpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Serpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Serpur from other places

Serpur lies about 41 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Piali, about 14 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 Serpur
Nearest railway station Piali 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Haroa 16 km
Nearest town Rajpur Sonarpur 17 km
District headquarters North Twenty Four Parganas 41 km

Villages closest to Serpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Serpur village had a population of 130. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents.

Serpur village has 72 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Serpur has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Serpur is 743502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Serpur covers 88.39 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.

Serpur falls under Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Serpur is Piali, about 14 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Serpur.

Serpur is about 41 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.

Serpur is in Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Piali is about 14 km away. Haroa is about 16 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dakshin Ranigachhi (2.3 km), Ranigachhi (2.3 km) and Kalikapur (2.3 km).

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

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