About Purushotampur Village

Purushotampur is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 894, made up of 444 males and 450 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 388.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purushotampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purushotampur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	388.69 hectares
Population	894
Male Population	444
Female Population	450
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purushotampur compares

By the 2011 count Purushotampur is the 61st largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 388.69 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Purushotampur

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

Purushotampur lies about 88 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 64 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 Purushotampur
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	18 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	20 km
Nearest railway station	Baradwar	64 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	88 km

Villages closest to Purushotampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purushotampur village had a population of 894. That makes it the 61st largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Purushotampur village has 444 males and 450 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purushotampur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Purushotampur is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purushotampur covers 388.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purushotampur falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Purushotampur is Baradwar, about 64 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 Purushotampur.

Purushotampur is about 88 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purushotampur is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 18 km away. Saraipali is about 20 km away. Baradwar is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.