About Sitalpur Village

Sitalpur is a mid sized village in Contai I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 700, made up of 341 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721433, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sitalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sitalpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Contai I
Pincode	721433
Area (hectares)	67.1 hectares
Population	700
Male Population	341
Female Population	359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sitalpur compares

By the 2011 count Sitalpur is the 88th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 67.1 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Sitalpur

Sitalpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sitalpur 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 Sitalpur from other places

Sitalpur lies about 15 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Nandakumar, about 3.6 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 Sitalpur
Nearest railway station	Nandakumar	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Contai I	15 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	15 km
Nearest town	Tamlūk	15 km

Villages closest to Sitalpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Contai I 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.

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Common questions about Sitalpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sitalpur village had a population of 700. That makes it the 88th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Sitalpur village has 341 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sitalpur has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Sitalpur is 721433. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sitalpur covers 67.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sitalpur falls under Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sitalpur is Nandakumar, about 3.6 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 Sitalpur.

Sitalpur is about 15 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sitalpur is in Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Nandakumar is about 3.6 km away. Contai I is about 15 km away. Purba Medinipur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.