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About Purrusottampur Village

Purrusottampur is one of the larger villages in Sagar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,753, made up of 3,534 males and 3,219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 728.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743373, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purrusottampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purrusottampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 743373
Area (hectares) 728.08 hectares
Population 6,753
Male Population 3,534
Female Population 3,219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purrusottampur compares

By the 2011 count Purrusottampur is the 9th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 5,048 residents. Its 728.08 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Purrusottampur

Purrusottampur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purrusottampur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purrusottampur from other places

Purrusottampur lies about 18 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Surjyapur, 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 Purrusottampur
Nearest railway station Surjyapur 2.1 km
Nearest town Baruipur 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 18 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 18 km

Villages closest to Purrusottampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purrusottampur village had a population of 6,753. That makes it the 9th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,048 residents.

Purrusottampur village has 3,534 males and 3,219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purrusottampur has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Purrusottampur is 743373. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purrusottampur covers 728.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purrusottampur falls under Sagar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

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

Purrusottampur is about 18 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.

Purrusottampur is in Sagar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Surjyapur is about 2.1 km away. Baruipur is about 8.7 km away. Sagar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rudranagar (3.4 km), Khan Saheber Abad (7.4 km) and Khasimara (10 km).

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

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