About Purena Village

Purena is a small village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 130 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purena Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purena village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Baramkela
Pincode	496551
Area (hectares)	104.26 hectares
Population	256
Male Population	130
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
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 171st largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 104.26 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 993.

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 4.6 km from Baramkela, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 34 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
Tehsil headquarters	Baramkela	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	34 km

Villages closest to Purena

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baramkela 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 256. That makes it the 171st largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Purena village has 130 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purena has about 969 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 993.

The pincode recorded for Purena is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purena covers 104.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purena falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Purena is Raigarh, about 34 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 4.6 km from Baramkela in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purena is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 4.6 km away. Raigarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.