About Puraini Village

Puraini is a large village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,572, made up of 2,481 males and 2,091 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1194.54 hectares hectares.

Puraini Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puraini village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Sarila
Area (hectares)	1194.54 hectares
Population	4,572
Male Population	2,481
Female Population	2,091
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Puraini compares

By the 2011 count Puraini is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 1194.54 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 842.

Getting to Puraini

Puraini is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Puraini as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Puraini from other places

Puraini lies about 28 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 17 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 Puraini
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	17 km
Nearest town	Mandi	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarila	28 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	28 km

Villages closest to Puraini

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puraini village had a population of 4,572. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Puraini village has 2,481 males and 2,091 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puraini has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 842.

Puraini covers 1194.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puraini falls under Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puraini is Joginder Nagar, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Puraini.

Puraini is about 28 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puraini is in Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district. Joginder Nagar is about 17 km away. Mandi is about 22 km away. Sarila is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.