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About Purba Shankarpur Village

Purba Shankarpur is a small village in Kaliaganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 293, made up of 157 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Shankarpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Kaliaganj
Pincode 733132
Area (hectares) 88.48 hectares
Population 293
Male Population 157
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purba Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Shankarpur is the 173rd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 88.48 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 957.

Getting to Purba Shankarpur

Purba Shankarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purba Shankarpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Phulamani, Phulatti, Purba Durgapur and Purba Goalgaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Shankarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Shankarpur village had a population of 293. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Purba Shankarpur village has 157 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Shankarpur has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Purba Shankarpur is 733132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Shankarpur covers 88.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purba Shankarpur falls under Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Purba Shankarpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Purba Shankarpur.

Purba Shankarpur is in Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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