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About Purantarai Village

Purantarai is a small village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 449, made up of 230 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purantarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purantarai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494449
Area (hectares) 463.58 hectares
Population 449
Male Population 230
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purantarai compares

By the 2011 count Purantarai is the 42nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 463.58 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Purantarai

Purantarai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purantarai as Available. 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 Purantarai from other places

Purantarai lies about 20 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, 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 Purantarai
Nearest railway station Dantewara 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 20 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 20 km
Nearest town Bacheli 24 km

Villages closest to Purantarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purantarai village had a population of 449. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Purantarai village has 230 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purantarai has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Purantarai is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purantarai covers 463.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purantarai falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Purantarai is Dantewara, 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purantarai.

Purantarai is about 20 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purantarai is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 3.2 km away. Dantewada is about 20 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tudparas (under 2 km), Degalras (2.0 km) and Bhogam (2.6 km).

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

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