About Purandih Village

Purandih is a mid sized village in Ichagarh tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 916, made up of 462 males and 454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purandih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purandih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Ichagarh
Pincode	832403
Area (hectares)	169 hectares
Population	916
Male Population	462
Female Population	454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purandih compares

By the 2011 count Purandih is the 32nd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 169 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 983.

Getting to Purandih

Purandih is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purandih as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purandih from other places

Purandih lies about 25 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Bakarkudi, about 4.4 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 Purandih
Tehsil headquarters	Ichagarh	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Bakarkudi	4.4 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	25 km
Nearest town	Balarāmpur	29 km

Villages closest to Purandih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purandih village had a population of 916. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Purandih village has 462 males and 454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purandih has about 983 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 983.

The pincode recorded for Purandih is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purandih covers 169 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purandih falls under Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purandih is Bakarkudi, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Purandih is about 25 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purandih is in Ichagarh tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Ichagarh is about 2.8 km away. Bakarkudi is about 4.4 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.