About Purkela Village

Purkela is a mid sized village in Lundra tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 853, made up of 415 males and 438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 669.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purkela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purkela village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Lundra
Pincode	497101
Area (hectares)	669.43 hectares
Population	853
Male Population	415
Female Population	438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purkela compares

By the 2011 count Purkela is the 61st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,080 residents. Its 669.43 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Purkela

Purkela is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purkela 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. The nearest villages by name are Padouli, Parwatipur, Pasena and Patora. 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 Purkela

As per the Census of India 2011, Purkela village had a population of 853. That makes it the 61st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,080 residents.

Purkela village has 415 males and 438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purkela has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Purkela is 497101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purkela covers 669.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purkela falls under Lundra tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Purkela notes the nearest railway station 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 Purkela.

Purkela is in Lundra tehsil of Surguja 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.