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About Porapara Village

Porapara is a mid sized village in Kharagpur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,233, made up of 655 males and 578 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porapara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Kharagpur I
Pincode 721145
Area (hectares) 298.55 hectares
Population 1,233
Male Population 655
Female Population 578
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Porapara compares

By the 2011 count Porapara is the 34th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 298.55 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 983.

Getting to Porapara

Porapara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Porapara 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. The nearest villages by name are Paschimpathri, Patharbar, Pathri and Patna. 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 Porapara

As per the Census of India 2011, Porapara village had a population of 1,233. That makes it the 34th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Porapara village has 655 males and 578 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porapara has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Porapara is 721145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porapara covers 298.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porapara falls under Kharagpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Porapara notes the nearest railway station 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 Porapara.

Porapara is in Kharagpur I 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 Porapara today is likely to be higher.

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