About Puraina Village

Puraina is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,159, made up of 589 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494777, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puraina Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puraina village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Kharsia
Pincode	494777
Area (hectares)	202.25 hectares
Population	1,159
Male Population	589
Female Population	570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Puraina compares

By the 2011 count Puraina is the 35th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 202.25 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Puraina

Puraina is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Puraina 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Pandripani, Paraskol, Parsapali and Patrapali. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Puraina

As per the Census of India 2011, Puraina village had a population of 1,159. That makes it the 35th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Puraina village has 589 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puraina has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Puraina is 494777. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puraina covers 202.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puraina falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Puraina notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Puraina.

Puraina is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.