About Purwa Village

Purwa is a mid sized village in Bijawar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 290 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1804.96 hectares hectares.

Purwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purwa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Bijawar
Area (hectares)	1804.96 hectares
Population	544
Male Population	290
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Purwa compares

By the 2011 count Purwa is the 83rd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 1804.96 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Purwa

Purwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purwa from other places

Purwa lies about 28 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ishanagar, about 15 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 Purwa
Tehsil headquarters	Bijawar	14 km
Nearest town	Bijāwar	14 km
Nearest railway station	Ishanagar	15 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	28 km

Villages closest to Purwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purwa village had a population of 544. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Purwa village has 290 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purwa has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 885.

Purwa covers 1804.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purwa falls under Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purwa is Ishanagar, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Purwa is about 28 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purwa is in Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bijawar is about 14 km away. Bijāwar is about 14 km away. Ishanagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.