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About Purram Tola Village

Purram Tola is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 776, made up of 384 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purram Tola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purram Tola village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491558
Area (hectares) 411.51 hectares
Population 776
Male Population 384
Female Population 392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purram Tola compares

By the 2011 count Purram Tola is the 97th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 411.51 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Purram Tola

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

Purram Tola lies about 36 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 21 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 Purram Tola
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 7.9 km
Nearest railway station Paniajob 21 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 22 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 36 km

Villages closest to Purram Tola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhuriya 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 Purram Tola

As per the Census of India 2011, Purram Tola village had a population of 776. That makes it the 97th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Purram Tola village has 384 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purram Tola has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Purram Tola is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purram Tola covers 411.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purram Tola falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Purram Tola is Paniajob, about 21 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 Purram Tola.

Purram Tola is about 36 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purram Tola is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 7.9 km away. Paniajob is about 21 km away. Dongargarh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bareth Tola (under 2 km), Kirgaha Tola (under 2 km) and Jarhamhaka (under 2 km).

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

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