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About Purba Mokarandapur Village

Purba Mokarandapur is a mid sized village in Chopra tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,494, made up of 762 males and 732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 334.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Mokarandapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Mokarandapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Chopra
Pincode 733207
Area (hectares) 334.67 hectares
Population 1,494
Male Population 762
Female Population 732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Mokarandapur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Mokarandapur is the 57th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents. Its 334.67 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Purba Mokarandapur

Purba Mokarandapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purba Mokarandapur as Available within 5 - 10 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 Mokarandapur from other places

Purba Mokarandapur lies about 30 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Gaisal, about 3.8 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 Mokarandapur
Nearest railway station Gaisal 3.8 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 15 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Chopra 32 km

Villages closest to Purba Mokarandapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Mokarandapur village had a population of 1,494. That makes it the 57th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,402 residents.

Purba Mokarandapur village has 762 males and 732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Mokarandapur has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Purba Mokarandapur is 733207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Mokarandapur covers 334.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purba Mokarandapur falls under Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Mokarandapur is Gaisal, about 3.8 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purba Mokarandapur.

Purba Mokarandapur is about 30 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Mokarandapur is in Chopra tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Gaisal is about 3.8 km away. Kishanganj is about 15 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thunthunia (3.6 km), Balarampur (4.5 km) and Rampur (4.5 km).

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

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