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About Purania Village

Purania is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 77, made up of 42 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purania village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Jama
Pincode 814146
Area (hectares) 47 hectares
Population 77
Male Population 42
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purania compares

By the 2011 count Purania is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Purania

Purania is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purania as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Purania from other places

Purania lies about 30 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Kurmahat, about 2.5 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 Purania
Nearest railway station Kurmahat 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Jama 19 km
District headquarters Dumka 30 km

Villages closest to Purania

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purania village had a population of 77. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Purania village has 42 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purania has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Purania is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purania covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purania falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purania is Kurmahat, about 2.5 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 <5 km distance for Purania.

Purania is about 30 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purania is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Kurmahat is about 2.5 km away. Jama is about 19 km away. Dumka is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Purnia (under 2 km), Lachhmipur (under 2 km) and Saraiya (13 km).

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

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