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About Purana Buroighat Village

Purana Buroighat is a small village in Helem tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 135, made up of 67 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 784179, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purana Buroighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purana Buroighat village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sonitpur
Tehsil Helem
Pincode 784179
Area (hectares) 128.57 hectares
Population 135
Male Population 67
Female Population 68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purana Buroighat compares

By the 2011 count Purana Buroighat is the 177th largest of the 203 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 128.57 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Purana Buroighat

Purana Buroighat is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purana Buroighat 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are No 3 Kari Bil, Noloni Bari, Pachim Tokowbari and Padma Pur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Buroighat

As per the Census of India 2011, Purana Buroighat village had a population of 135. That makes it the 177th largest of the 203 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Purana Buroighat village has 67 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purana Buroighat has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Purana Buroighat is 784179. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purana Buroighat covers 128.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purana Buroighat falls under Helem tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The census record for Purana Buroighat notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Buroighat.

Purana Buroighat is in Helem tehsil of Sonitpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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