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About Purba Gopalnagar Village

Purba Gopalnagar is a large village in Mandirbazar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,231, made up of 2,101 males and 2,130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743395, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Gopalnagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Gopalnagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Mandirbazar
Pincode 743395
Area (hectares) 162.51 hectares
Population 4,231
Male Population 2,101
Female Population 2,130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purba Gopalnagar compares

By the 2011 count Purba Gopalnagar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents. Its 162.51 hectares work out to about 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Purba Gopalnagar

Purba Gopalnagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purba Gopalnagar 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purba Gopalnagar from other places

Purba Gopalnagar lies about 4.2 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Mathurapur Road, about 2.2 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 Gopalnagar
Nearest railway station Mathurapur Road 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandirbazar 4.2 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 4.2 km
Nearest town Jaynagar Majilpur 6.5 km

Villages closest to Purba Gopalnagar

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 Gopalnagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Gopalnagar village had a population of 4,231. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents.

Purba Gopalnagar village has 2,101 males and 2,130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Gopalnagar has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Purba Gopalnagar is 743395. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Gopalnagar covers 162.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purba Gopalnagar falls under Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Gopalnagar is Mathurapur Road, about 2.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Purba Gopalnagar.

Purba Gopalnagar is about 4.2 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 Gopalnagar is in Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Mathurapur Road is about 2.2 km away. Mandirbazar is about 4.2 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 4.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maukhali (under 2 km), Durlavpur (under 2 km) and Badedurgapur (under 2 km).

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

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