About Purana Khora Village

Purana Khora is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 135 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purana Khora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purana Khora village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	159.55 hectares
Population	281
Male Population	135
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purana Khora compares

By the 2011 count Purana Khora is the 54th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 159.55 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Purana Khora

Purana Khora is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Purana Khora 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purana Khora from other places

Purana Khora lies about 35 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 27 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 Purana Khora
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Ambajora Shikaripara	27 km
District headquarters	Dumka	35 km

Villages closest to Purana Khora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gopikandar 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 Purana Khora

As per the Census of India 2011, Purana Khora village had a population of 281. That makes it the 54th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Purana Khora village has 135 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purana Khora has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Purana Khora is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purana Khora covers 159.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purana Khora falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purana Khora is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 27 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purana Khora.

Purana Khora is about 35 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purana Khora is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 6.4 km away. Ambajora Shikaripara is about 27 km away. Dumka is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.