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About Kurupahar Village

Kurupahar is a small village in Bagmundi tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 113, made up of 62 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurupahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurupahar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Bagmundi
Pincode 723152
Area (hectares) 134.76 hectares
Population 113
Male Population 62
Female Population 51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 823
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurupahar compares

By the 2011 count Kurupahar is the 125th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 986 residents. Its 134.76 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Kurupahar

Kurupahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kurupahar 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Koreng, Kuchi, Kuchrirakha and Kudlung. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Kurupahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurupahar village had a population of 113. That makes it the 125th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 986 residents.

Kurupahar village has 62 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurupahar has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Kurupahar is 723152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kurupahar covers 134.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurupahar falls under Bagmundi tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Kurupahar notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kurupahar.

Kurupahar is in Bagmundi tehsil of Puruliya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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