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About Purba Prasadpur Village

Purba Prasadpur 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 1,243, made up of 623 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Prasadpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Prasadpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Karandighi
Pincode 733201
Area (hectares) 51.8 hectares
Population 1,243
Male Population 623
Female Population 620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 995
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Prasadpur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Prasadpur is the 112th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents. Its 51.8 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Purba Prasadpur

Purba Prasadpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purba Prasadpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Prasadpur from other places

Purba Prasadpur lies about 18 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Sudhani, about 4.9 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 Prasadpur
Nearest railway station Sudhani 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Karandighi 6.6 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 18 km
Nearest town Rāiganj 25 km

Villages closest to Purba Prasadpur

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.

Common questions about Purba Prasadpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Prasadpur village had a population of 1,243. That makes it the 112th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents.

Purba Prasadpur village has 623 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Prasadpur has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 952.

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

Purba Prasadpur covers 51.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Purba Prasadpur is Sudhani, about 4.9 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 km distance for Purba Prasadpur.

Purba Prasadpur is about 18 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 Prasadpur is in Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Sudhani is about 4.9 km away. Karandighi is about 6.6 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 18 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 Prasadpur (under 2 km), Saidpur (under 2 km) and Jalalpur Milik (1.8 km).

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

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