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About Purana Salana Grant Village

Purana Salana Grant is a mid sized village in Samaguri tehsil, in the district of Nagaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,284, made up of 635 males and 649 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 782140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purana Salana Grant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purana Salana Grant village
Description Value
State Assam
District Nagaon
Tehsil Samaguri
Pincode 782140
Area (hectares) 196.32 hectares
Population 1,284
Male Population 635
Female Population 649
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purana Salana Grant compares

By the 2011 count Purana Salana Grant is the 96th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,823 residents. Its 196.32 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Purana Salana Grant

Purana Salana Grant is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purana Salana Grant as Available within <5 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purana Salana Grant from other places

Purana Salana Grant lies about 33 km from Nagaon, and the nearest railway station is Amoni, about 5.7 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 Purana Salana Grant
Nearest railway station Amoni 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Samaguri 14 km
Nearest town Tezpur 27 km
District headquarters Nagaon 33 km

Villages closest to Purana Salana Grant

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Samaguri 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 Purana Salana Grant

As per the Census of India 2011, Purana Salana Grant village had a population of 1,284. That makes it the 96th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,823 residents.

Purana Salana Grant village has 635 males and 649 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purana Salana Grant has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Purana Salana Grant is 782140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purana Salana Grant covers 196.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purana Salana Grant falls under Samaguri tehsil of Nagaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Purana Salana Grant is Amoni, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purana Salana Grant.

Purana Salana Grant is about 33 km from Nagaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purana Salana Grant is in Samaguri tehsil of Nagaon district. Amoni is about 5.7 km away. Samaguri is about 14 km away. Tezpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Missa (4.7 km), Samaguri Grant (14 km) and Saraguri (14 km).

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

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