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About Padma Pukuria Village

Padma Pukuria is a large village in Bhangar I tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,907, made up of 1,997 males and 1,910 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padma Pukuria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padma Pukuria village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Bhangar I
Pincode 743502
Area (hectares) 143.26 hectares
Population 3,907
Male Population 1,997
Female Population 1,910
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Padma Pukuria compares

By the 2011 count Padma Pukuria is the 21st largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,857 residents. Its 143.26 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Padma Pukuria

Padma Pukuria is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Padma Pukuria as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padma Pukuria from other places

Padma Pukuria lies about 21 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Karanjali, about 2.8 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 Padma Pukuria
Nearest railway station Karanjali 2.8 km
Nearest town Haldia 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhangar I 21 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 21 km

Villages closest to Padma Pukuria

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhangar 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 Padma Pukuria

As per the Census of India 2011, Padma Pukuria village had a population of 3,907. That makes it the 21st largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,857 residents.

Padma Pukuria village has 1,997 males and 1,910 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padma Pukuria has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Padma Pukuria is 743502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padma Pukuria covers 143.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Padma Pukuria falls under Bhangar I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Padma Pukuria is Karanjali, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Padma Pukuria.

Padma Pukuria is about 21 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.

Padma Pukuria is in Bhangar I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Karanjali is about 2.8 km away. Haldia is about 17 km away. Bhangar I is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhungri (under 2 km), Bairampur (4.4 km) and Dakshin Gazipur (5.4 km).

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

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