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About Purbba Raghunathpur Village

Purbba Raghunathpur is a small village in Ramnagar II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 164 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721423, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbba Raghunathpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbba Raghunathpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Ramnagar II
Pincode 721423
Area (hectares) 65.28 hectares
Population 300
Male Population 164
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 829
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purbba Raghunathpur compares

By the 2011 count Purbba Raghunathpur is the 106th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents. Its 65.28 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Purbba Raghunathpur

Purbba Raghunathpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purbba Raghunathpur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purbba Raghunathpur from other places

Purbba Raghunathpur lies about 26 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Barda, about 2.7 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 Purbba Raghunathpur
Nearest railway station Barda 2.7 km
Nearest town Monoharpur 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramnagar II 26 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 26 km

Villages closest to Purbba Raghunathpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramnagar II 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 Purbba Raghunathpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbba Raghunathpur village had a population of 300. That makes it the 106th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents.

Purbba Raghunathpur village has 164 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbba Raghunathpur has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Purbba Raghunathpur is 721423. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbba Raghunathpur covers 65.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purbba Raghunathpur falls under Ramnagar II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purbba Raghunathpur is Barda, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Purbba Raghunathpur.

Purbba Raghunathpur is about 26 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purbba Raghunathpur is in Ramnagar II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Barda is about 2.7 km away. Monoharpur is about 4.5 km away. Ramnagar II is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raghunathpur (under 2 km), Keshabpur (3.3 km) and Kan Kaneswar (6.8 km).

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

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