About Purbakola Village

Purbakola is a mid sized village in Tamluk tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 711, made up of 351 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721630, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbakola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbakola village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Tamluk
Pincode	721630
Area (hectares)	55.99 hectares
Population	711
Male Population	351
Female Population	360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purbakola compares

By the 2011 count Purbakola is the 90th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,022 residents. Its 55.99 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Purbakola

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

Purbakola lies about 47 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Kolaghat, about 1.9 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 Purbakola
Nearest railway station	Kolaghat	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tamluk	18 km
Nearest town	Tamlūk	18 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	47 km

Villages closest to Purbakola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbakola village had a population of 711. That makes it the 90th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,022 residents.

Purbakola village has 351 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbakola has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Purbakola is 721630. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbakola covers 55.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purbakola falls under Tamluk tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purbakola is Kolaghat, about 1.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Purbakola.

Purbakola is about 47 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purbakola is in Tamluk tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Kolaghat is about 1.9 km away. Tamluk is about 18 km away. Tamlūk is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.