About Porgaon Village

Porgaon is a mid sized village in Paithan tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,309, made up of 658 males and 651 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 728.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porgaon village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Paithan
Pincode	431105
Area (hectares)	728.13 hectares
Population	1,309
Male Population	658
Female Population	651
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Porgaon compares

By the 2011 count Porgaon is the 66th largest of the 183 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,601 residents. Its 728.13 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Porgaon

Porgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Porgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Porgaon from other places

Porgaon lies about 18 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Barkisalaiya, about 11 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 Porgaon
Nearest railway station	Barkisalaiya	11 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Paithan	18 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	18 km

Villages closest to Porgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paithan 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.

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Common questions about Porgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Porgaon village had a population of 1,309. That makes it the 66th largest of the 183 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,601 residents.

Porgaon village has 658 males and 651 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porgaon has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Porgaon is 431105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porgaon covers 728.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Porgaon falls under Paithan tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Porgaon is Barkisalaiya, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Porgaon.

Porgaon is about 18 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porgaon is in Paithan tehsil of Aurangabad district. Barkisalaiya is about 11 km away. Nabīnagar is about 12 km away. Paithan is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.