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About Purani Gudam Town Village

Purani Gudam Town is a large village in Samaguri tehsil, in the district of Nagaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,129, made up of 1,049 males and 1,080 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 782141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purani Gudam Town Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purani Gudam Town village
Description Value
State Assam
District Nagaon
Tehsil Samaguri
Pincode 782141
Area (hectares) 62.68 hectares
Population 2,129
Male Population 1,049
Female Population 1,080
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purani Gudam Town compares

By the 2011 count Purani Gudam Town is the 56th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,823 residents. Its 62.68 hectares work out to about 34 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Purani Gudam Town

Purani Gudam Town is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purani Gudam Town 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purani Gudam Town from other places

Purani Gudam Town lies about 11 km from Nagaon, and the nearest railway station is Rupahigaon, about under 2 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 Purani Gudam Town
Nearest railway station Rupahigaon under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Samaguri 9.8 km
District headquarters Nagaon 11 km

Villages closest to Purani Gudam Town

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 Purani Gudam Town

As per the Census of India 2011, Purani Gudam Town village had a population of 2,129. That makes it the 56th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,823 residents.

Purani Gudam Town village has 1,049 males and 1,080 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purani Gudam Town has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Purani Gudam Town is 782141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purani Gudam Town covers 62.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 34 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purani Gudam Town falls under Samaguri tehsil of Nagaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Purani Gudam Town is Rupahigaon, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Purani Gudam Town.

Purani Gudam Town is about 11 km from Nagaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purani Gudam Town is in Samaguri tehsil of Nagaon district. Rupahigaon is about under 2 km away. Samaguri is about 9.8 km away. Nagaon is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rupahi Town (under 2 km), Rupahi Bhakat Gaon (under 2 km) and Pani Gaon (6.3 km).

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

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