About Puri Village

Puri is a mid sized village in Chinour tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 782, made up of 414 males and 368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 475005, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puri village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Tehsil	Chinour
Pincode	475005
Area (hectares)	380.56 hectares
Population	782
Male Population	414
Female Population	368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puri compares

By the 2011 count Puri is the 40th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 380.56 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Puri

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

Puri lies about 29 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Anant Paith, about 6.1 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 Puri
Nearest railway station	Anant Paith	6.1 km
Nearest town	Dabra	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chinour	29 km
District headquarters	Gwalior	29 km

Villages closest to Puri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puri village had a population of 782. That makes it the 40th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Puri village has 414 males and 368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puri has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

The pincode recorded for Puri is 475005. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puri covers 380.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puri falls under Chinour tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puri is Anant Paith, about 6.1 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Puri.

Puri is about 29 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puri is in Chinour tehsil of Gwalior district. Anant Paith is about 6.1 km away. Dabra is about 15 km away. Chinour is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.