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About Purandarpur Village

Purandarpur is a large village in Baruipur tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,066, made up of 1,043 males and 1,023 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743610, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purandarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purandarpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Baruipur
Pincode 743610
Area (hectares) 59.49 hectares
Population 2,066
Male Population 1,043
Female Population 1,023
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purandarpur compares

By the 2011 count Purandarpur is the 52nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,589 residents. Its 59.49 hectares work out to about 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Purandarpur

Purandarpur 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 Purandarpur as Available within <5 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purandarpur from other places

Purandarpur lies about 23 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Baruipur Junction, 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 Purandarpur
Nearest railway station Baruipur Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Baruipur under 2 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 23 km

Villages closest to Purandarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purandarpur village had a population of 2,066. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,589 residents.

Purandarpur village has 1,043 males and 1,023 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purandarpur has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Purandarpur is 743610. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purandarpur covers 59.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purandarpur falls under Baruipur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purandarpur is Baruipur Junction, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purandarpur.

Purandarpur is about 23 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purandarpur is in Baruipur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Baruipur Junction is about under 2 km away. Baruipur is about under 2 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uttar Kalyanpur (under 2 km), Biraldham Nagar (under 2 km) and Khodar Bazar (under 2 km).

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

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