About Purtu Village

Purtu is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 436, made up of 230 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purtu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purtu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	274 hectares
Population	436
Male Population	230
Female Population	206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Purtu compares

By the 2011 count Purtu is the 62nd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 274 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 1005.

Getting to Purtu

Purtu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Purtu 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 Parasu, Piskahatu, Piskatoli and Pitupara. 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 Purtu

As per the Census of India 2011, Purtu village had a population of 436. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Purtu village has 230 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purtu has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Purtu is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purtu covers 274 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.

Purtu falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Purtu 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 Purtu.

Purtu is in Erki tehsil of Khunti 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.