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About Serpur Village

Serpur is a mid sized village in Baruipur tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 830, made up of 426 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743387, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Serpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Serpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Baruipur
Pincode 743387
Area (hectares) 41.06 hectares
Population 830
Male Population 426
Female Population 404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Serpur compares

By the 2011 count Serpur is the 108th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,589 residents. Its 41.06 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Serpur

Serpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Serpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Serpur from other places

Serpur lies about 18 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Dhapdhapi, about 1.9 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 Serpur
Nearest railway station Dhapdhapi 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Baruipur 7.7 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 18 km

Villages closest to Serpur

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 Serpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Serpur village had a population of 830. That makes it the 108th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,589 residents.

Serpur village has 426 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Serpur has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Serpur is 743387. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Serpur covers 41.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Serpur is Dhapdhapi, about 1.9 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Serpur.

Serpur is about 18 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.

Serpur is in Baruipur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Dhapdhapi is about 1.9 km away. Baruipur is about 7.7 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alipur (under 2 km), Paschim Mallikpur (under 2 km) and Purushottampur (under 2 km).

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

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