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About Purtisai Village

Purtisai is a small village in Majhgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 104 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purtisai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purtisai village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Majhgaon
Pincode 833214
Area (hectares) 97 hectares
Population 199
Male Population 104
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 913
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purtisai compares

By the 2011 count Purtisai is the 82nd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 837 residents. Its 97 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Purtisai

Purtisai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purtisai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Purtisai from other places

Purtisai lies about 63 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Māluka, about 26 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 Purtisai
Tehsil headquarters Majhgaon 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Māluka 26 km
Nearest town Karanjiā 34 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 63 km

Villages closest to Purtisai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purtisai village had a population of 199. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 837 residents.

Purtisai village has 104 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purtisai has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Purtisai is 833214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purtisai covers 97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purtisai falls under Majhgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purtisai is Māluka, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purtisai.

Purtisai is about 63 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purtisai is in Majhgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Majhgaon is about 5.6 km away. Māluka is about 26 km away. Karanjiā is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawaganw (under 2 km), Damdarsai (under 2 km) and Kesna (under 2 km).

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

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