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About Purawas Kalan Village

Purawas Kalan is a mid sized village in Ambah tehsil, in the district of Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,801, made up of 952 males and 849 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 795 hectares hectares.

Purawas Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purawas Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Morena
Tehsil Ambah
Area (hectares) 795 hectares
Population 1,801
Male Population 952
Female Population 849
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purawas Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Purawas Kalan is the 47th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,897 residents. Its 795 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 840.

Getting to Purawas Kalan

Purawas Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purawas Kalan as Available within <5 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 Purawas Kalan from other places

Purawas Kalan lies about 30 km from Morena, and the nearest railway station is Rayatpura, about 21 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 Purawas Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Ambah 11 km
Nearest town Ambāh 11 km
Nearest railway station Rayatpura 21 km
District headquarters Morena 30 km

Villages closest to Purawas Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ambah 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 Purawas Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Purawas Kalan village had a population of 1,801. That makes it the 47th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,897 residents.

Purawas Kalan village has 952 males and 849 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purawas Kalan has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 840.

Purawas Kalan covers 795 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purawas Kalan falls under Ambah tehsil of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purawas Kalan is Rayatpura, about 21 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 village for Purawas Kalan.

Purawas Kalan is about 30 km from Morena in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purawas Kalan is in Ambah tehsil of Morena district. Ambah is about 11 km away. Ambāh is about 11 km away. Rayatpura is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gadhiya Ambah (1.7 km), Sikrodi (2.1 km) and Purawas Khurd (2.2 km).

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

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