About Purangel Village

Purangel is a small village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 124 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purangel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purangel village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Kuakonda
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	341.48 hectares
Population	253
Male Population	124
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purangel compares

By the 2011 count Purangel is the 46th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 341.48 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Purangel

Purangel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purangel 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purangel from other places

Purangel lies about 32 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 12 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 Purangel
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	12 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	16 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuakonda	35 km

Villages closest to Purangel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purangel village had a population of 253. That makes it the 46th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Purangel village has 124 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purangel has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Purangel is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purangel covers 341.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purangel falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Purangel is Kirandul, about 12 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purangel.

Purangel is about 32 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.

Purangel is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 12 km away. Bacheli is about 16 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.