About Pur Village

Pur is a mid sized village in Maharajpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,218, made up of 659 males and 559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 688.74 hectares hectares.

Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Maharajpur
Area (hectares)	688.74 hectares
Population	1,218
Male Population	659
Female Population	559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pur compares

By the 2011 count Pur is the 26th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 688.74 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Pur

Pur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pur 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 Pur from other places

Pur lies about 20 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, 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 Pur
Tehsil headquarters	Maharajpur	4.7 km
Nearest town	Mahārājpur	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Rajnagar K	15 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	20 km

Villages closest to Pur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pur village had a population of 1,218. That makes it the 26th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Pur village has 659 males and 559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pur has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Pur covers 688.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pur falls under Maharajpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pur is Rajnagar K, about 15 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 Pur.

Pur is about 20 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pur is in Maharajpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Maharajpur is about 4.7 km away. Mahārājpur is about 4.7 km away. Rajnagar K is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.