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About Purba Sankarpur Village

Purba Sankarpur 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 442, made up of 218 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743355, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Sankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Sankarpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Mandirbazar
Pincode 743355
Area (hectares) 26.26 hectares
Population 442
Male Population 218
Female Population 224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purba Sankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Sankarpur is the 93rd 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 26.26 hectares work out to about 17 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 Sankarpur

Purba Sankarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purba Sankarpur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purba Sankarpur from other places

Purba Sankarpur lies about 6.2 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 Sankarpur
Nearest railway station Madhabpur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandirbazar 6.2 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 6.2 km
Nearest town Jaynagar Majilpur 8.4 km

Villages closest to Purba Sankarpur

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 Sankarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Sankarpur village had a population of 442. That makes it the 93rd 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 Sankarpur village has 218 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Sankarpur has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Purba Sankarpur is 743355. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Sankarpur covers 26.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Purba Sankarpur 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purba Sankarpur.

Purba Sankarpur is about 6.2 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 Sankarpur is in Mandirbazar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Madhabpur is about under 2 km away. Mandirbazar is about 6.2 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Purba Raghunathpur (under 2 km), Dadpur (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 Sankarpur today is likely to be higher.

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