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About Purpahari Village

Purpahari is a small village in Jamboni tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 138 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purpahari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Jamboni
Pincode 721505
Area (hectares) 31.31 hectares
Population 278
Male Population 138
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purpahari compares

By the 2011 count Purpahari is the 124th largest of the 269 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 405 residents. Its 31.31 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Purpahari

The census records public bus service for Purpahari as Available within 10+ 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Phulbahara, Phuti Berya, Pimdra Gere and Pora Diha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Purpahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Purpahari village had a population of 278. That makes it the 124th largest of the 269 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 405 residents.

Purpahari village has 138 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purpahari has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Purpahari is 721505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purpahari covers 31.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purpahari falls under Jamboni tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Purpahari notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purpahari.

Purpahari is in Jamboni tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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