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About Purli Village

Purli is a mid sized village in Regidi Amadalavalasa tehsil, in the district of Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,671, made up of 830 males and 841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 532440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purli village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Srikakulam
Tehsil Regidi Amadalavalasa
Pincode 532440
Area (hectares) 343 hectares
Population 1,671
Male Population 830
Female Population 841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purli compares

By the 2011 count Purli is the 16th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,382 residents. Its 343 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Purli

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

Purli lies about 32 km from Srikakulam, and the nearest railway station is Srikakulam Road, about 22 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 Purli
Nearest town Pālkonda 4.6 km
Nearest railway station Srikakulam Road 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Regidi Amadalavalasa 32 km
District headquarters Srikakulam 32 km

Villages closest to Purli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Regidi Amadalavalasa 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 Purli

As per the Census of India 2011, Purli village had a population of 1,671. That makes it the 16th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,382 residents.

Purli village has 830 males and 841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purli has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Purli is 532440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purli covers 343 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purli falls under Regidi Amadalavalasa tehsil of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purli is Srikakulam Road, about 22 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 <5 km distance for Purli.

Purli is about 32 km from Srikakulam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purli is in Regidi Amadalavalasa tehsil of Srikakulam district. Pālkonda is about 4.6 km away. Srikakulam Road is about 22 km away. Regidi Amadalavalasa is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Devudala (2.3 km), Sankili (2.7 km) and Adavaram (4.0 km).

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

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