About Purba Maheshpur Village

Purba Maheshpur is a large village in Karandighi tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,003, made up of 1,514 males and 1,489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 388.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Maheshpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Maheshpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Karandighi
Pincode	733201
Area (hectares)	388.09 hectares
Population	3,003
Male Population	1,514
Female Population	1,489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Maheshpur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Maheshpur is the 34th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents. Its 388.09 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Purba Maheshpur

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

Purba Maheshpur lies about 33 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhachna, about 4.7 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 Purba Maheshpur
Nearest railway station	Dhachna	4.7 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karandighi	22 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	33 km

Villages closest to Purba Maheshpur

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

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Common questions about Purba Maheshpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Maheshpur village had a population of 3,003. That makes it the 34th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents.

Purba Maheshpur village has 1,514 males and 1,489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Maheshpur has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Purba Maheshpur is 733201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Maheshpur covers 388.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purba Maheshpur falls under Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Maheshpur is Dhachna, about 4.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Purba Maheshpur.

Purba Maheshpur is about 33 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 Maheshpur is in Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Dhachna is about 4.7 km away. Rāiganj is about 15 km away. Karandighi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.