About Purba Pipla Village

Purba Pipla is a mid sized village in Karandighi tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,152, made up of 614 males and 538 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Pipla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Pipla village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Karandighi
Pincode	733215
Area (hectares)	164.71 hectares
Population	1,152
Male Population	614
Female Population	538
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
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 Purba Pipla compares

By the 2011 count Purba Pipla is the 121st largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents. Its 164.71 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Purba Pipla

Purba Pipla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purba Pipla 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 Purba Pipla from other places

Purba Pipla lies about 6.0 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Surja Kama, about 4.8 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 Pipla
Nearest railway station	Surja Kama	4.8 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karandighi	12 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	22 km

Villages closest to Purba Pipla

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 Pipla

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Pipla village had a population of 1,152. That makes it the 121st largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents.

Purba Pipla village has 614 males and 538 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Pipla has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Purba Pipla is 733215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Pipla covers 164.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Purba Pipla is Surja Kama, about 4.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Purba Pipla.

Purba Pipla is about 6.0 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 Pipla is in Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Surja Kama is about 4.8 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 6.0 km away. Karandighi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.