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About Rampur Village

Rampur is a mid sized village in Para tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,015, made up of 538 males and 477 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Para
Pincode 723126
Area (hectares) 154.33 hectares
Population 1,015
Male Population 538
Female Population 477
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Rampur compares

By the 2011 count Rampur is the 60th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,430 residents. Its 154.33 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

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 <5 km distance. 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
Tehsil headquarters Para 6.8 km
Nearest town Adra 12 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 Para 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 Rampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rampur village had a population of 1,015. That makes it the 60th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,430 residents.

Rampur village has 538 males and 477 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rampur has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Rampur is 723126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rampur covers 154.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rampur falls under Para 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 <5 km distance.

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 Para tehsil of Puruliya district. Anara is about under 2 km away. Para is about 6.8 km away. Adra is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anara (under 2 km), Panara (under 2 km) and Jhanpara (6.8 km).

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

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