About Purena Village

Purena is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,358, made up of 666 males and 692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 548.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purena Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purena village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	548.78 hectares
Population	1,358
Male Population	666
Female Population	692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purena compares

By the 2011 count Purena is the 41st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 548.78 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

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 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 15 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 8.9 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
Nearest railway station	Bakal	8.9 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	15 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	20 km

Villages closest to Purena

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dongargarh 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 1,358. That makes it the 41st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Purena village has 666 males and 692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purena has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Purena is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purena covers 548.78 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 Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Purena is Bakal, about 8.9 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 Purena.

Purena is about 15 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purena is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 8.9 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 15 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.