About Purwa Village

Purwa is a large village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,029, made up of 1,063 males and 966 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 589.93 hectares hectares.

Purwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purwa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Chhatarpur
Area (hectares)	589.93 hectares
Population	2,029
Male Population	1,063
Female Population	966
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purwa compares

By the 2011 count Purwa is the 37th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 589.93 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Purwa

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

Purwa lies about 19 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ishanagar, about 17 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
Nearest town	Nowgong	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Ishanagar	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhatarpur	19 km

Villages closest to Purwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhatarpur 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 2,029. That makes it the 37th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Purwa village has 1,063 males and 966 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purwa has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Purwa covers 589.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Purwa is Ishanagar, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purwa.

Purwa is about 19 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 Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Nowgong is about 6.9 km away. Ishanagar is about 17 km away. Chhatarpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.