About Purandarpur Village

Purandarpur is a large village in Nautan tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,179, made up of 1,661 males and 1,518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307 hectares hectares.

Purandarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purandarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Nautan
Area (hectares)	307 hectares
Population	3,179
Male Population	1,661
Female Population	1,518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purandarpur compares

By the 2011 count Purandarpur is the 22nd largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 5,620 residents. Its 307 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Purandarpur

Purandarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purandarpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purandarpur from other places

Purandarpur lies about 88 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Barkagaon Halt, about 7.7 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 Purandarpur
Nearest railway station	Barkagaon Halt	7.7 km
Nearest town	Mahārājgani	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nautan	31 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	88 km

Villages closest to Purandarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purandarpur village had a population of 3,179. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,620 residents.

Purandarpur village has 1,661 males and 1,518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purandarpur has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

Purandarpur covers 307 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purandarpur falls under Nautan tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purandarpur is Barkagaon Halt, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 village for Purandarpur.

Purandarpur is about 88 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purandarpur is in Nautan tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Barkagaon Halt is about 7.7 km away. Mahārājgani is about 14 km away. Nautan is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.