About Purkhotimpur Village

Purkhotimpur is one of the larger villages in Kalyanpur tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,060, made up of 2,696 males and 2,364 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares.

Purkhotimpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purkhotimpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Kalyanpur
Area (hectares)	84 hectares
Population	5,060
Male Population	2,696
Female Population	2,364
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purkhotimpur compares

By the 2011 count Purkhotimpur is the 16th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,624 residents. Its 84 hectares work out to about 60 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Purkhotimpur

Purkhotimpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purkhotimpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 126 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Karisath, about 9.0 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
Tehsil headquarters	Kalyanpur	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Karisath	9.0 km
Nearest town	Bela	14 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	126 km

Villages closest to Purkhotimpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalyanpur 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 5,060. That makes it the 16th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,624 residents.

Purkhotimpur village has 2,696 males and 2,364 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purkhotimpur has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Purkhotimpur covers 84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 60 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purkhotimpur falls under Kalyanpur tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purkhotimpur is Karisath, about 9.0 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 village for Purkhotimpur.

Purkhotimpur is about 126 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purkhotimpur is in Kalyanpur tehsil of Samastipur district. Kalyanpur is about 5.1 km away. Karisath is about 9.0 km away. Bela is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.