About Pura Village

Pura is a mid sized village in Karjan tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,149, made up of 608 males and 541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 393105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pura village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Vadodara
Tehsil	Karjan
Pincode	393105
Area (hectares)	551.88 hectares
Population	1,149
Male Population	608
Female Population	541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
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 Pura compares

By the 2011 count Pura is the 53rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,475 residents. Its 551.88 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Pura

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

Pura lies about 25 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Ganpatpura, about 1.7 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 Pura
Nearest railway station	Ganpatpura	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karjan	7.5 km
District headquarters	Vadodara	25 km

Villages closest to Pura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pura village had a population of 1,149. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,475 residents.

Pura village has 608 males and 541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pura has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Pura is 393105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pura covers 551.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pura falls under Karjan tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Pura is Ganpatpura, about 1.7 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 Pura.

Pura is about 25 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pura is in Karjan tehsil of Vadodara district. Ganpatpura is about 1.7 km away. Karjan is about 7.5 km away. Vadodara is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.