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About Purba Shyamnagar Village

Purba Shyamnagar is a mid sized village in Kultali tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,629, made up of 863 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743349, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Shyamnagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Shyamnagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Kultali
Pincode 743349
Area (hectares) 170.13 hectares
Population 1,629
Male Population 863
Female Population 766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
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 Shyamnagar compares

By the 2011 count Purba Shyamnagar is the 37th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,327 residents. Its 170.13 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Purba Shyamnagar

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

Purba Shyamnagar lies about 24 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Mathurapur Road, about 23 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 Shyamnagar
Tehsil headquarters Kultali 22 km
Nearest railway station Mathurapur Road 23 km
Nearest town Jaynagar Majilpur 23 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 24 km

Villages closest to Purba Shyamnagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Shyamnagar village had a population of 1,629. That makes it the 37th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,327 residents.

Purba Shyamnagar village has 863 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Shyamnagar has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Purba Shyamnagar is 743349. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Shyamnagar covers 170.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purba Shyamnagar falls under Kultali tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Shyamnagar is Mathurapur Road, about 23 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 Shyamnagar.

Purba Shyamnagar is about 24 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 Shyamnagar is in Kultali tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Kultali is about 22 km away. Mathurapur Road is about 23 km away. Jaynagar Majilpur 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 Shyamnagar (under 2 km), Katamari (2.9 km) and Madhabpur (3.2 km).

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

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