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About Purba Raipur Village

Purba Raipur is a small village in Mandirbazar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 144 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Raipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Raipur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Mandirbazar
Pincode 743336
Area (hectares) 35.95 hectares
Population 269
Male Population 144
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purba Raipur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Raipur is the 100th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents. Its 35.95 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Purba Raipur

The census records public bus service for Purba Raipur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Raipur from other places

Purba Raipur lies about 13 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Udairampur, about 2.1 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 Raipur
Nearest railway station Udairampur 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandirbazar 13 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 13 km
Nearest town Diamond Harbour 15 km

Villages closest to Purba Raipur

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 Raipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Raipur village had a population of 269. That makes it the 100th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,653 residents.

Purba Raipur village has 144 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Raipur has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

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

Purba Raipur covers 35.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Purba Raipur is Udairampur, about 2.1 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purba Raipur.

Purba Raipur is about 13 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 Raipur is in Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Udairampur is about 2.1 km away. Mandirbazar is about 13 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raipur Dayarampur (under 2 km), Krishnanagar (under 2 km) and Uttar Sultanpur (under 2 km).

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

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