About Purwa Village

Purwa is a mid sized village in Hajipur tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,028, made up of 538 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31 hectares hectares.

Purwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Vaishali
Tehsil	Hajipur
Area (hectares)	31 hectares
Population	1,028
Male Population	538
Female Population	490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
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 Purwa compares

By the 2011 count Purwa is the 79th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,664 residents. Its 31 hectares work out to about 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Purwa

Purwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purwa 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purwa from other places

Purwa lies about 32 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Hajipur Junction, about 3.2 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 Purwa
Nearest railway station	Hajipur Junction	3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hajipur	5.0 km
Nearest town	Hājīpur	5.0 km
District headquarters	Vaishali	32 km

Villages closest to Purwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purwa village had a population of 1,028. That makes it the 79th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,664 residents.

Purwa village has 538 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purwa has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 892.

Purwa covers 31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purwa falls under Hajipur tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purwa is Hajipur Junction, about 3.2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Purwa.

Purwa is about 32 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purwa is in Hajipur tehsil of Vaishali district. Hajipur Junction is about 3.2 km away. Hajipur is about 5.0 km away. Hājīpur is about 5.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.