About Purgora Village

Purgora is a mid sized village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 758, made up of 380 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purgora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purgora village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Ghatshila
Pincode	832303
Area (hectares)	281 hectares
Population	758
Male Population	380
Female Population	378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Purgora compares

By the 2011 count Purgora is the 38th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 281 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Purgora

Purgora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purgora 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purgora from other places

Purgora lies about 18 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Ghatsila, 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 Purgora
Nearest railway station	Ghatsila	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatshila	13 km
Nearest town	Ghātsīla	13 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	18 km

Villages closest to Purgora

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

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Common questions about Purgora

As per the Census of India 2011, Purgora village had a population of 758. That makes it the 38th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Purgora village has 380 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purgora has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Purgora is 832303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purgora covers 281 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purgora falls under Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purgora is Ghatsila, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purgora.

Purgora is about 18 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purgora is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Ghatsila is about 13 km away. Ghatshila is about 13 km away. Ghātsīla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.