About Purasar Village

Purasar is a small village in Bhuj tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 152 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purasar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purasar village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Bhuj
Pincode	370001
Area (hectares)	489.41 hectares
Population	284
Male Population	152
Female Population	132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purasar compares

By the 2011 count Purasar is the 120th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 489.41 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Purasar

Purasar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purasar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purasar from other places

Purasar lies about 4.5 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Madhapar Road, about 5.6 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 Purasar
District headquarters	Kachchh	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Madhapar Road	5.6 km
Nearest town	Madhapar	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhuj	7.2 km

Villages closest to Purasar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purasar village had a population of 284. That makes it the 120th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Purasar village has 152 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purasar has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Purasar is 370001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purasar covers 489.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purasar falls under Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Purasar is Madhapar Road, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purasar.

Purasar is about 4.5 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purasar is in Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district. Kachchh is about 4.5 km away. Madhapar Road is about 5.6 km away. Madhapar is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.