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About Purandarpur Village

Purandarpur is a mid sized village in Pothia tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 584, made up of 304 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128 hectares hectares.

Purandarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purandarpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kishanganj
Tehsil Pothia
Area (hectares) 128 hectares
Population 584
Male Population 304
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purandarpur compares

By the 2011 count Purandarpur is the 103rd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents. Its 128 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Purandarpur

Purandarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purandarpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Phulhera, Phulhera Gachh, Piakori and Pokharia. 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 Purandarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purandarpur village had a population of 584. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents.

Purandarpur village has 304 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purandarpur has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Purandarpur covers 128 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purandarpur falls under Pothia tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The census record for Purandarpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Purandarpur.

Purandarpur is in Pothia tehsil of Kishanganj 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 Purandarpur today is likely to be higher.

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