About Dewka Purla Village

Dewka Purla is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 443, made up of 216 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dewka Purla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewka Purla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	92.49 hectares
Population	443
Male Population	216
Female Population	227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dewka Purla compares

By the 2011 count Dewka Purla is the 37th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 92.49 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Dewka Purla

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

Dewka Purla lies about 20 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 38 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 Dewka Purla
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	3.9 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	3.9 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	20 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	38 km

Villages closest to Dewka Purla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nahan 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 Dewka Purla

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewka Purla village had a population of 443. That makes it the 37th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Dewka Purla village has 216 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewka Purla has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Dewka Purla is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dewka Purla covers 92.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dewka Purla falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dewka Purla is Barog, about 38 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Dewka Purla.

Dewka Purla is about 20 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewka Purla is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 3.9 km away. Nāhan is about 3.9 km away. Sirmaur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.