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About Luhar Purwa Village

Luhar Purwa is a small village in Chandla tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 146 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.4 hectares hectares.

Luhar Purwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Luhar Purwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chandla
Area (hectares) 245.4 hectares
Population 280
Male Population 146
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Luhar Purwa compares

By the 2011 count Luhar Purwa is the 78th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents. Its 245.4 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 863.

Getting to Luhar Purwa

Luhar Purwa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Luhar Purwa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Luhar Purwa from other places

Luhar Purwa lies about 63 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 30 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 Luhar Purwa
Tehsil headquarters Chandla 3.6 km
Nearest town Lauri 23 km
Nearest railway station Singhpur Dumra 30 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 63 km

Villages closest to Luhar Purwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Luhar Purwa village had a population of 280. That makes it the 78th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents.

Luhar Purwa village has 146 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Luhar Purwa has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 863.

Luhar Purwa covers 245.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Luhar Purwa falls under Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Luhar Purwa is Singhpur Dumra, about 30 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Luhar Purwa.

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

Luhar Purwa is in Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chandla is about 3.6 km away. Lauri is about 23 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharaba (1.5 km), Silgaon (1.7 km) and Pukhraha (2.8 km).

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

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