About Purri Village

Purri is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 337, made up of 183 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	133 hectares
Population	337
Male Population	183
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
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 Purri compares

By the 2011 count Purri is the 144th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Purri

Purri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Purri 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. The nearest villages by name are Pipratanr, Pipratol, Pipritanr and Pirhakatha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Purri

As per the Census of India 2011, Purri village had a population of 337. That makes it the 144th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Purri village has 183 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purri has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Purri is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purri covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purri falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Purri notes the nearest railway station 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 Purri.

Purri is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.