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About Purnapani Village

Purnapani is a small village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 111 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1228 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825325, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purnapani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purnapani village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Gumia
Pincode 825325
Area (hectares) 1228 hectares
Population 222
Male Population 111
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Purnapani compares

By the 2011 count Purnapani is the 91st largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 1228 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Purnapani

Purnapani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purnapani as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purnapani from other places

Purnapani lies about 59 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Danea, about 7.4 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 Purnapani
Nearest railway station Danea 7.4 km
Nearest town Kuju 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Gumia 23 km
District headquarters Bokaro 59 km

Villages closest to Purnapani

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

Common questions about Purnapani

As per the Census of India 2011, Purnapani village had a population of 222. That makes it the 91st largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Purnapani village has 111 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purnapani has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Purnapani is 825325. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purnapani covers 1228 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purnapani falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purnapani is Danea, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purnapani.

Purnapani is about 59 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purnapani is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Danea is about 7.4 km away. Kuju is about 16 km away. Gumia is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pachmo (3.8 km), Rahawan (4.5 km) and Rola (4.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Purnapani today is likely to be higher.

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