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About Purenapali Village

Purenapali is a small village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 221 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purenapali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purenapali village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Baramkela
Pincode 496551
Area (hectares) 208.59 hectares
Population 428
Male Population 221
Female Population 207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purenapali compares

By the 2011 count Purenapali is the 115th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 208.59 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 993.

Getting to Purenapali

Purenapali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purenapali as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Purenapali from other places

Purenapali 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 Purenapali
Tehsil headquarters Baramkela 4.6 km
Nearest railway station Raigarh 34 km

Villages closest to Purenapali

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.

Common questions about Purenapali

As per the Census of India 2011, Purenapali village had a population of 428. That makes it the 115th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Purenapali village has 221 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purenapali has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

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

Purenapali covers 208.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purenapali falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Purenapali 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 km distance for Purenapali.

Purenapali 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.

Purenapali 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.

The closest recorded villages are Purena (under 2 km), Lodhiya (under 2 km) and Girhulpali (1.6 km).

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

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