About Pura Village

Pura is a large village in Khaniyadhana tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,657, made up of 1,427 males and 1,230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 808.01 hectares hectares.

Pura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Khaniyadhana
Area (hectares)	808.01 hectares
Population	2,657
Male Population	1,427
Female Population	1,230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pura compares

By the 2011 count Pura is the 10th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents. Its 808.01 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Pura

Pura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pura as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Pura from other places

Pura lies about 26 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Kolaras, about 6.2 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 Pura
Nearest railway station	Kolaras	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khaniyadhana	26 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	26 km

Villages closest to Pura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pura village had a population of 2,657. That makes it the 10th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents.

Pura village has 1,427 males and 1,230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pura has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 879.

Pura covers 808.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pura falls under Khaniyadhana tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pura is Kolaras, about 6.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pura.

Pura is about 26 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pura is in Khaniyadhana tehsil of Shivpuri district. Kolaras is about 6.2 km away. Khaniyadhana is about 26 km away. Shivpuri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.