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About Purba Lahil Village

Purba Lahil is a mid sized village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 643, made up of 317 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Lahil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Lahil village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Goalpokhar II
Pincode 733209
Area (hectares) 115.74 hectares
Population 643
Male Population 317
Female Population 326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purba Lahil compares

By the 2011 count Purba Lahil is the 139th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 115.74 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Purba Lahil

Purba Lahil is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purba Lahil 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purba Lahil from other places

Purba Lahil lies about 15 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, 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 Lahil
Nearest railway station Hatwar under 2 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Goalpokhar II 15 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 15 km

Villages closest to Purba Lahil

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar II 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 Lahil

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Lahil village had a population of 643. That makes it the 139th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Purba Lahil village has 317 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Lahil has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Purba Lahil is 733209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Lahil covers 115.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purba Lahil falls under Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Lahil is Hatwar, 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 village for Purba Lahil.

Purba Lahil is about 15 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 Lahil is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Hatwar is about under 2 km away. Kishanganj is about 9.7 km away. Goalpokhar II is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pachim Lahil (under 2 km), Manora (under 2 km) and Mahishakhor (1.8 km).

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

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