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About Purba Barisha Village

Purba Barisha is one of the larger villages in Thakurpukur Mahestola tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,965, made up of 2,891 males and 3,074 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 700104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Barisha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Barisha village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Thakurpukur Mahestola
Pincode 700104
Area (hectares) 496.9 hectares
Population 5,965
Male Population 2,891
Female Population 3,074
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,063
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Barisha compares

By the 2011 count Purba Barisha is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,728 residents. Its 496.9 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Purba Barisha

Purba Barisha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purba Barisha as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Purba Barisha from other places

Purba Barisha lies about 34 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Joka, 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 Barisha
Nearest railway station Joka under 2 km
Nearest town Maheshtala 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Thakurpukur Mahestola 34 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 34 km

Villages closest to Purba Barisha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thakurpukur Mahestola 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 Barisha

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Barisha village had a population of 5,965. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,728 residents.

Purba Barisha village has 2,891 males and 3,074 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Barisha has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Purba Barisha is 700104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Barisha covers 496.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purba Barisha falls under Thakurpukur Mahestola tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Barisha is Joka, about under 2 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 village for Purba Barisha.

Purba Barisha is about 34 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 Barisha is in Thakurpukur Mahestola tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Joka is about under 2 km away. Maheshtala is about 8.0 km away. Thakurpukur Mahestola is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalua (under 2 km), Joka (under 2 km) and Chak Thakurani (under 2 km).

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

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