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About Puro Maqo Village

Puro Maqo is a small village in Boarijor tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 17 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puro Maqo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puro Maqo village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Boarijor
Pincode 814147
Area (hectares) 38 hectares
Population 31
Male Population 17
Female Population 14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 824
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 Puro Maqo compares

By the 2011 count Puro Maqo is the 274th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 38 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1013.

Getting to Puro Maqo

Puro Maqo is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Puro Maqo 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 Puro Maqo from other places

Puro Maqo lies about 44 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 13 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 Puro Maqo
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 13 km
Nearest town Farakka 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Boarijor 28 km
District headquarters Godda 44 km

Villages closest to Puro Maqo

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Boarijor 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 Puro Maqo

As per the Census of India 2011, Puro Maqo village had a population of 31. That makes it the 274th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Puro Maqo village has 17 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puro Maqo has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Puro Maqo is 814147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puro Maqo covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puro Maqo falls under Boarijor tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Puro Maqo is Barharwa Junction, about 13 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 Puro Maqo.

Puro Maqo is about 44 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puro Maqo is in Boarijor tehsil of Godda district. Barharwa Junction is about 13 km away. Farakka is about 26 km away. Boarijor is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kilo Maqo (under 2 km), Kuro Maqo (under 2 km) and Itkro Bedo (under 2 km).

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

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