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About Napara Village

Napara is a mid sized village in Raghunathpur I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 980, made up of 487 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Napara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Napara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Raghunathpur I
Pincode 723121
Area (hectares) 37.62 hectares
Population 980
Male Population 487
Female Population 493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Napara compares

By the 2011 count Napara is the 39th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,221 residents. Its 37.62 hectares work out to about 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Napara

Napara 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 Napara 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 Napara from other places

Napara lies about 25 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Rukni Junction, about 6.3 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 Napara
Nearest railway station Rukni Junction 6.3 km
Nearest town Raghunathpur 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Raghunathpur I 25 km
District headquarters Puruliya 25 km

Villages closest to Napara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Raghunathpur I 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 Napara

As per the Census of India 2011, Napara village had a population of 980. That makes it the 39th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,221 residents.

Napara village has 487 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Napara has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Napara is 723121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Napara covers 37.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Napara falls under Raghunathpur I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Napara is Rukni Junction, about 6.3 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 Napara.

Napara is about 25 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Napara is in Raghunathpur I tehsil of Puruliya district. Rukni Junction is about 6.3 km away. Raghunathpur is about 17 km away. Raghunathpur I is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dubradi (3.9 km), Hurara (28 km) and Bhurkuradi (31 km).

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

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