About Purrekh Kalan Village

Purrekh Kalan is a mid sized village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 888, made up of 473 males and 415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purrekh Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purrekh Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825412
Area (hectares)	229.91 hectares
Population	888
Male Population	473
Female Population	415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purrekh Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Purrekh Kalan is the 92nd largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 229.91 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 933.

Getting to Purrekh Kalan

Purrekh Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purrekh Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Piprakoni, Potmagarha, Puran Patari and Purnadih. 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 Purrekh Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Purrekh Kalan village had a population of 888. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Purrekh Kalan village has 473 males and 415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purrekh Kalan has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Purrekh Kalan is 825412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purrekh Kalan covers 229.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purrekh Kalan falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Purrekh Kalan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purrekh Kalan.

Purrekh Kalan is in Dhanwar 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.