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About Ranipukur Village

Ranipukur is a mid sized village in Barabazar tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 687, made up of 364 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranipukur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranipukur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Barabazar
Pincode 723128
Area (hectares) 146.3 hectares
Population 687
Male Population 364
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranipukur compares

By the 2011 count Ranipukur is the 95th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 801 residents. Its 146.3 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 995.

Getting to Ranipukur

Ranipukur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ranipukur 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. The nearest villages by name are Ramkanali, Rampur, Rangagara and Rangagora. 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 Ranipukur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranipukur village had a population of 687. That makes it the 95th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 801 residents.

Ranipukur village has 364 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranipukur has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Ranipukur is 723128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranipukur covers 146.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranipukur falls under Barabazar tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Ranipukur 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 village for Ranipukur.

Ranipukur is in Barabazar 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 Ranipukur today is likely to be higher.

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