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About Satpukharia Village

Satpukharia is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 130 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Satpukharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Satpukharia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Sankrail
Pincode 721135
Area (hectares) 61.02 hectares
Population 262
Male Population 130
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Satpukharia compares

By the 2011 count Satpukharia is the 155th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 61.02 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Satpukharia

Satpukharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Satpukharia 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Satpukharia from other places

Satpukharia lies about 80 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Gurudas Nagar, about 4.8 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 Satpukharia
Nearest railway station Gurudas Nagar 4.8 km
Nearest town Diamond Harbour 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sankrail 34 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 80 km

Villages closest to Satpukharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Satpukharia village had a population of 262. That makes it the 155th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Satpukharia village has 130 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Satpukharia has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Satpukharia is 721135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Satpukharia covers 61.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Satpukharia falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Satpukharia is Gurudas Nagar, about 4.8 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 village for Satpukharia.

Satpukharia is about 80 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Satpukharia is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Gurudas Nagar is about 4.8 km away. Diamond Harbour is about 5.9 km away. Sankrail is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khorda (4.9 km), Chandpal (6.9 km) and Kismat Ramanandapur (7.8 km).

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

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