About Rampur Village

Rampur is a small village in Jhalda II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 294, made up of 163 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.9 hectares hectares.

Rampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rampur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Puruliya
Tehsil	Jhalda II
Area (hectares)	26.9 hectares
Population	294
Male Population	163
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	804
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Rampur compares

By the 2011 count Rampur is the 103rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,153 residents. Its 26.9 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Rampur

Rampur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Rampur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rampur from other places

Rampur lies about 27 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Anara, about under 2 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 Rampur
Nearest railway station	Anara	under 2 km
Nearest town	Adra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jhalda II	27 km
District headquarters	Puruliya	27 km

Villages closest to Rampur

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

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Common questions about Rampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rampur village had a population of 294. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,153 residents.

Rampur village has 163 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rampur has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Rampur covers 26.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rampur falls under Jhalda II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Rampur is Anara, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Rampur.

Rampur is about 27 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rampur is in Jhalda II tehsil of Puruliya district. Anara is about under 2 km away. Adra is about 12 km away. Jhalda II is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.