About Puri Village

Puri is a mid sized village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,235, made up of 608 males and 627 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 629.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Charama
Pincode	491223
Area (hectares)	629.81 hectares
Population	1,235
Male Population	608
Female Population	627
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puri compares

By the 2011 count Puri is the 24th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 629.81 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Puri

Puri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Puri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Puri from other places

Puri lies about 19 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 18 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 Puri
Tehsil headquarters	Charama	13 km
Nearest railway station	Gudum	18 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	19 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	25 km

Villages closest to Puri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Charama 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 Puri

As per the Census of India 2011, Puri village had a population of 1,235. That makes it the 24th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Puri village has 608 males and 627 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puri has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Puri is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puri covers 629.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puri falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Puri is Gudum, about 18 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 village for Puri.

Puri is about 19 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puri is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Charama is about 13 km away. Gudum is about 18 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.