About Purkhotimpur Village

Purkhotimpur is a small village in Amas tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 274, made up of 154 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 779 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76 hectares hectares.

Purkhotimpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purkhotimpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Amas
Area (hectares)	76 hectares
Population	274
Male Population	154
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	779
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purkhotimpur compares

By the 2011 count Purkhotimpur is the 74th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 76 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Purkhotimpur

Purkhotimpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purkhotimpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Purkhotimpur from other places

Purkhotimpur lies about 31 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 23 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 Purkhotimpur
Nearest town	Sherghāti	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amas	14 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	23 km
District headquarters	Gaya	31 km

Villages closest to Purkhotimpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purkhotimpur village had a population of 274. That makes it the 74th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Purkhotimpur village has 154 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purkhotimpur has about 779 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Purkhotimpur covers 76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purkhotimpur falls under Amas tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purkhotimpur is Guraru, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purkhotimpur.

Purkhotimpur is about 31 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purkhotimpur is in Amas tehsil of Gaya district. Sherghāti is about 4.7 km away. Amas is about 14 km away. Guraru is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.