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About Kamala Pur Village

Kamala Pur is a mid sized village in Nayagram tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,924, made up of 1,002 males and 922 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721159, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kamala Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kamala Pur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Nayagram
Pincode 721159
Area (hectares) 384.05 hectares
Population 1,924
Male Population 1,002
Female Population 922
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kamala Pur compares

By the 2011 count Kamala Pur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 384.05 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Kamala Pur

Kamala Pur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kamala Pur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kamala Pur from other places

Kamala Pur lies about 79 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Jaleswar, about 5.8 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 Kamala Pur
Nearest railway station Jaleswar 5.8 km
Nearest town Jaleshwar 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nayagram 32 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 79 km

Villages closest to Kamala Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nayagram 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 Kamala Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kamala Pur village had a population of 1,924. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Kamala Pur village has 1,002 males and 922 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kamala Pur has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Kamala Pur is 721159. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kamala Pur covers 384.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kamala Pur falls under Nayagram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kamala Pur is Jaleswar, about 5.8 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kamala Pur.

Kamala Pur is about 79 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kamala Pur is in Nayagram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Jaleswar is about 5.8 km away. Jaleshwar is about 6.2 km away. Nayagram is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mohanpur (22 km), Gopinath Pur (25 km) and Jhai Pur Nutan Pal (25 km).

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

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