About Puran Village

Puran is a mid sized village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 702, made up of 347 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puran village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Bemetara
Pincode	491335
Area (hectares)	312.48 hectares
Population	702
Male Population	347
Female Population	355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puran compares

By the 2011 count Puran is the 110th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 312.48 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Puran

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

Puran lies about 76 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 20 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
Tehsil headquarters	Bemetara	17 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	17 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	20 km
District headquarters	Durg	76 km

Villages closest to Puran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puran village had a population of 702. That makes it the 110th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Puran village has 347 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puran has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Puran is 491335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puran covers 312.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puran falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Puran is Hathbandh, about 20 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 Puran.

Puran is about 76 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puran is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Bemetara is about 17 km away. Bemetāra is about 17 km away. Hathbandh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.