Skip to main content

About Purba Raghunathpur Village

Purba Raghunathpur is a large village in Jaynagar II tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,575, made up of 2,330 males and 2,245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Raghunathpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Raghunathpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Jaynagar II
Pincode 743338
Area (hectares) 248.88 hectares
Population 4,575
Male Population 2,330
Female Population 2,245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 964
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 Raghunathpur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Raghunathpur is the 19th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 5,102 residents. Its 248.88 hectares work out to about 18 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 952.

Getting to Purba Raghunathpur

Purba Raghunathpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purba Raghunathpur 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 Raghunathpur from other places

Purba Raghunathpur lies about 6.9 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Madhabpur, 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 Purba Raghunathpur
Nearest railway station Madhabpur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaynagar II 6.9 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 6.9 km
Nearest town Jaynagar Majilpur 9.1 km

Villages closest to Purba Raghunathpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Raghunathpur village had a population of 4,575. That makes it the 19th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,102 residents.

Purba Raghunathpur village has 2,330 males and 2,245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Raghunathpur has about 964 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 952.

The pincode recorded for Purba Raghunathpur is 743338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Raghunathpur covers 248.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purba Raghunathpur falls under Jaynagar II tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Raghunathpur is Madhabpur, about under 2 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 Raghunathpur.

Purba Raghunathpur is about 6.9 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 Raghunathpur is in Jaynagar II tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Madhabpur is about under 2 km away. Jaynagar II is about 6.9 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalikapur (3.0 km), Gopalnagar (3.2 km) and Srirampur (6.8 km).

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

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.