About Purba Bantra Village

Purba Bantra is a mid sized village in Jaynagar I tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 593, made up of 317 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 807.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Bantra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Bantra village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Jaynagar I
Pincode	743337
Area (hectares)	807.65 hectares
Population	593
Male Population	317
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Bantra compares

By the 2011 count Purba Bantra is the 59th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,336 residents. Its 807.65 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 943.

Getting to Purba Bantra

Purba Bantra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purba Bantra 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purba Bantra from other places

Purba Bantra lies about 15 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Dakshin Barasat‎, about 9.5 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 Purba Bantra
Nearest railway station	Dakshin Barasat‎	9.5 km
Nearest town	Jaynagar Majilpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaynagar I	15 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	15 km

Villages closest to Purba Bantra

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

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Common questions about Purba Bantra

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Bantra village had a population of 593. That makes it the 59th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,336 residents.

Purba Bantra village has 317 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Bantra has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Purba Bantra is 743337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Bantra covers 807.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purba Bantra falls under Jaynagar I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Bantra is Dakshin Barasat‎, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ 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 Purba Bantra.

Purba Bantra is about 15 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.

Purba Bantra is in Jaynagar I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Dakshin Barasat‎ is about 9.5 km away. Jaynagar Majilpur is about 13 km away. Jaynagar I is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.