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About Purba Mukundapur Village

Purba Mukundapur is a large village in Deshopran tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,258, made up of 1,165 males and 1,093 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Mukundapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Mukundapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Deshopran
Pincode 721442
Area (hectares) 77.46 hectares
Population 2,258
Male Population 1,165
Female Population 1,093
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Mukundapur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Mukundapur is the 11th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 77.46 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Purba Mukundapur

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

Purba Mukundapur lies about 32 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Barda, about 7.9 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 Purba Mukundapur
Nearest railway station Barda 7.9 km
Nearest town Diamond Harbour 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Deshopran 32 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 32 km

Villages closest to Purba Mukundapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Deshopran 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 Purba Mukundapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Mukundapur village had a population of 2,258. That makes it the 11th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Purba Mukundapur village has 1,165 males and 1,093 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Mukundapur has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Purba Mukundapur is 721442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Mukundapur covers 77.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purba Mukundapur falls under Deshopran tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Mukundapur is Barda, about 7.9 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 Purba Mukundapur.

Purba Mukundapur is about 32 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Mukundapur is in Deshopran tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Barda is about 7.9 km away. Diamond Harbour is about 8.8 km away. Deshopran 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 Kadua Mukundapur (under 2 km), Uttar Dihimukundapur (under 2 km) and Durgapur (2.7 km).

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

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