About Purandarpur Village

Purandarpur is a small village in Bikramganj tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 144 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purandarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purandarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Bikramganj
Pincode	802212
Area (hectares)	131 hectares
Population	269
Male Population	144
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
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 Purandarpur compares

By the 2011 count Purandarpur is the 69th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 909.

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 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 69 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Ghusia Kalan Halt, about under 2 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	Ghusia Kalan Halt	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bikramganj	3.9 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	69 km

Villages closest to Purandarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bikramganj 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 269. That makes it the 69th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents.

Purandarpur village has 144 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purandarpur has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

The pincode recorded for Purandarpur is 802212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purandarpur covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purandarpur falls under Bikramganj tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purandarpur is Ghusia Kalan Halt, about under 2 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 Purandarpur.

Purandarpur is about 69 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purandarpur is in Bikramganj tehsil of Rohtas district. Ghusia Kalan Halt is about under 2 km away. Bikramganj is about 3.9 km away. Rohtas is about 69 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.