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About Terapara Jalpai Village

Terapara Jalpai is a large village in Nanda Kumar tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,801, made up of 2,482 males and 2,319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 905.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721628, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Terapara Jalpai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Terapara Jalpai village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Nanda Kumar
Pincode 721628
Area (hectares) 905.6 hectares
Population 4,801
Male Population 2,482
Female Population 2,319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Terapara Jalpai compares

By the 2011 count Terapara Jalpai is the 11th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,630 residents. Its 905.6 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Terapara Jalpai

Terapara Jalpai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Terapara Jalpai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Terapara Jalpai from other places

Terapara Jalpai lies about 13 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Nandakumar, about 5.7 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 Terapara Jalpai
Tehsil headquarters Nanda Kumar 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Nandakumar 5.7 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 13 km
Nearest town Monoharpur 16 km

Villages closest to Terapara Jalpai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nanda Kumar 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 Terapara Jalpai

As per the Census of India 2011, Terapara Jalpai village had a population of 4,801. That makes it the 11th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,630 residents.

Terapara Jalpai village has 2,482 males and 2,319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Terapara Jalpai has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Terapara Jalpai is 721628. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Terapara Jalpai covers 905.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Terapara Jalpai falls under Nanda Kumar tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Terapara Jalpai is Nandakumar, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Terapara Jalpai.

Terapara Jalpai is about 13 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Terapara Jalpai is in Nanda Kumar tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Nanda Kumar is about 5.6 km away. Nandakumar is about 5.7 km away. Purba Medinipur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalyanpur (1.6 km), Jalpai (1.6 km) and Karak (1.9 km).

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

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