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About Puran Tanr Village

Puran Tanr is a large village in Lalganj tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,262, made up of 1,722 males and 1,540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212 hectares hectares.

Puran Tanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puran Tanr village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Vaishali
Tehsil Lalganj
Area (hectares) 212 hectares
Population 3,262
Male Population 1,722
Female Population 1,540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
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 Puran Tanr compares

By the 2011 count Puran Tanr is the 24th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,481 residents. Its 212 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Puran Tanr

Puran Tanr is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Puran Tanr 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 Puran Tanr from other places

Puran Tanr lies about 19 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Lalganj Pakri, about 6.7 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 Puran Tanr
Nearest railway station Lalganj Pakri 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalganj 7.3 km
Nearest town Lālganj 7.3 km
District headquarters Vaishali 19 km

Villages closest to Puran Tanr

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

Common questions about Puran Tanr

As per the Census of India 2011, Puran Tanr village had a population of 3,262. That makes it the 24th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,481 residents.

Puran Tanr village has 1,722 males and 1,540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puran Tanr has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 889.

Puran Tanr covers 212 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Puran Tanr falls under Lalganj tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Puran Tanr is Lalganj Pakri, about 6.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Puran Tanr.

Puran Tanr is about 19 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puran Tanr is in Lalganj tehsil of Vaishali district. Lalganj Pakri is about 6.7 km away. Lalganj is about 7.3 km away. Lālganj is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pachrukhi (under 2 km), Lakhan Sarai Tejsingh (under 2 km) and Chak Rasul Urf Dilawarpur (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Puran Tanr today is likely to be higher.

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