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About Purba Raghunathpur Village

Purba Raghunathpur is a mid sized village in Mandirbazar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,230, made up of 637 males and 593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743336, 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 Mandirbazar
Pincode 743336
Area (hectares) 43.99 hectares
Population 1,230
Male Population 637
Female Population 593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purba Raghunathpur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Raghunathpur is the 44th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents. Its 43.99 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Purba Raghunathpur

Purba Raghunathpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purba Raghunathpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 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 Mandirbazar 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 Mandirbazar 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 1,230. That makes it the 44th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents.

Purba Raghunathpur village has 637 males and 593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Raghunathpur has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Purba Raghunathpur is 743336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Raghunathpur covers 43.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purba Raghunathpur falls under Mandirbazar 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 <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village 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 Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Madhabpur is about under 2 km away. Mandirbazar 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 Purba Sankarpur (under 2 km), Madhabpur (under 2 km) and Krishnapur (under 2 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.

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