About Purandarpur Village

Purandarpur is a large village in Goriakothi tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,364, made up of 1,666 males and 1,698 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169 hectares hectares.

Purandarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purandarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Goriakothi
Area (hectares)	169 hectares
Population	3,364
Male Population	1,666
Female Population	1,698
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purandarpur compares

By the 2011 count Purandarpur is the 23rd largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 169 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

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 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 Purandarpur from other places

Purandarpur lies about 24 km from Siwan, 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	Goriakothi	24 km
District headquarters	Siwan	24 km

Villages closest to Purandarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goriakothi 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 3,364. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Purandarpur village has 1,666 males and 1,698 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purandarpur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

Purandarpur covers 169 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purandarpur falls under Goriakothi tehsil of Siwan 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 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Purandarpur.

Purandarpur is about 24 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purandarpur is in Goriakothi tehsil of Siwan district. Barkagaon Halt is about 7.7 km away. Mahārājgani is about 14 km away. Goriakothi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.