Skip to main content

About Purbba Banwari Village

Purbba Banwari is a mid sized village in Goalpokhar I tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 507, made up of 271 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbba Banwari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbba Banwari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Goalpokhar I
Pincode 733210
Area (hectares) 92.26 hectares
Population 507
Male Population 271
Female Population 236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purbba Banwari compares

By the 2011 count Purbba Banwari is the 128th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,223 residents. Its 92.26 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Purbba Banwari

Purbba Banwari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purbba Banwari 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purbba Banwari from other places

Purbba Banwari lies about 17 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Kishanganj, about 3.7 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 Purbba Banwari
Nearest railway station Kishanganj 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Goalpokhar I 17 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 17 km

Villages closest to Purbba Banwari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar I 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 Purbba Banwari

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbba Banwari village had a population of 507. That makes it the 128th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,223 residents.

Purbba Banwari village has 271 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbba Banwari has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Purbba Banwari is 733210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbba Banwari covers 92.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purbba Banwari falls under Goalpokhar I tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purbba Banwari is Kishanganj, about 3.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Purbba Banwari.

Purbba Banwari is about 17 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purbba Banwari is in Goalpokhar I tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Kishanganj is about 3.7 km away. Goalpokhar I is about 17 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaingaon (1.6 km), Dakshine Kathalbari (2.4 km) and Uttar Kathalbari (2.4 km).

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

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.