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About Purshottampur Village

Purshottampur is a mid sized village in Ramanujganj tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,257, made up of 630 males and 627 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purshottampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purshottampur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Ramanujganj
Pincode 497220
Area (hectares) 422.29 hectares
Population 1,257
Male Population 630
Female Population 627
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 995
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purshottampur compares

By the 2011 count Purshottampur is the 49th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 422.29 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Purshottampur

Purshottampur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purshottampur 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 Palgi, Parhiyadih, Piparpan and Pipraul. 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.

Common questions about Purshottampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purshottampur village had a population of 1,257. That makes it the 49th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Purshottampur village has 630 males and 627 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purshottampur has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Purshottampur is 497220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purshottampur covers 422.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purshottampur falls under Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Purshottampur 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 Purshottampur.

Purshottampur is in Ramanujganj 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.

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

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