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About Puraina Village

Puraina is a small village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 105 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,133 females per 1000 males. The village covers 568.12 hectares hectares.

Puraina Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puraina village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Unchahara
Area (hectares) 568.12 hectares
Population 224
Male Population 105
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,133
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 Puraina compares

By the 2011 count Puraina is the 156th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 568.12 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Puraina

Puraina is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Puraina 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 Puraina from other places

Puraina lies about 9.5 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Kaima, about 5.4 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 Puraina
Nearest railway station Kaima 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Unchahara 9.5 km
District headquarters Satna 9.5 km

Villages closest to Puraina

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puraina village had a population of 224. That makes it the 156th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Puraina village has 105 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puraina has about 1133 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Puraina covers 568.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puraina falls under Unchahara tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puraina is Kaima, about 5.4 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 Puraina.

Puraina is about 9.5 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puraina is in Unchahara tehsil of Satna district. Kaima is about 5.4 km away. Unchahara is about 9.5 km away. Satna is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bataiya Khurd (2.4 km), Bansabarri (2.8 km) and Deori (5.0 km).

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

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