About Purantarai Village

Purantarai is a mid sized village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 291 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310.11 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	Gidam
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	310.11 hectares
Population	609
Male Population	291
Female Population	318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,093
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purantarai compares

By the 2011 count Purantarai is the 41st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 310.11 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

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 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	Gidam	12 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 Gidam 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 Purantarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Purantarai village had a population of 609. That makes it the 41st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Purantarai village has 291 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purantarai has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Purantarai covers 310.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purantarai falls under Gidam 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 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 Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 3.2 km away. Gidam is about 12 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.