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About Sidpur Village

Sidpur is a small village in Kashipur tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 104 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sidpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sidpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Kashipur
Pincode 723132
Area (hectares) 146.5 hectares
Population 196
Male Population 104
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sidpur compares

By the 2011 count Sidpur is the 173rd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 885 residents. Its 146.5 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 972.

Getting to Sidpur

Sidpur 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 Sidpur 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Shampur, Shiulibari, Shyambathan and Shyampur. 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 Sidpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sidpur village had a population of 196. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 885 residents.

Sidpur village has 104 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sidpur has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Sidpur is 723132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sidpur covers 146.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sidpur falls under Kashipur tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Sidpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sidpur.

Sidpur is in Kashipur 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 Sidpur today is likely to be higher.

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