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About Purena Village

Purena is a large village in Kartala tehsil, in the district of Korba, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,012, made up of 1,042 males and 970 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 591.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495674, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purena Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purena village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Korba
Tehsil Kartala
Pincode 495674
Area (hectares) 591.07 hectares
Population 2,012
Male Population 1,042
Female Population 970
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purena compares

By the 2011 count Purena is the 21st largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents. Its 591.07 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Purena

Purena is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purena as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 18 km from Korba, and the nearest railway station is Madwarani, about 2.4 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 Madwarani 2.4 km
Nearest town Bhelai 18 km
District headquarters Korba 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Kartala 28 km

Villages closest to Purena

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purena village had a population of 2,012. That makes it the 21st largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents.

Purena village has 1,042 males and 970 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purena has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Purena is 495674. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purena covers 591.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purena falls under Kartala tehsil of Korba district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Purena is Madwarani, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Purena.

Purena is about 18 km from Korba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purena is in Kartala tehsil of Korba district. Madwarani is about 2.4 km away. Bhelai is about 18 km away. Korba is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barpali (2.0 km), Kharhari (2.3 km) and Ghataduwari (2.9 km).

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

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