About Purena Village

Purena is a mid sized village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 507, made up of 258 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493770, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purena Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purena village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Kurud
Pincode	493770
Area (hectares)	239.35 hectares
Population	507
Male Population	258
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purena compares

By the 2011 count Purena is the 116th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 239.35 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Purena

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

How far is Purena from other places

Purena lies about 27 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sirry, about 8.3 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 Purena
Nearest railway station	Sirry	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurud	14 km
Nearest town	Nawāpāra	23 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	27 km

Villages closest to Purena

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purena village had a population of 507. That makes it the 116th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Purena village has 258 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purena has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Purena is 493770. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purena covers 239.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purena falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Purena is Sirry, about 8.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Purena.

Purena is about 27 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purena is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sirry is about 8.3 km away. Kurud is about 14 km away. Nawāpāra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.