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About Purwa Jagir Village

Purwa Jagir is a large village in Deosar tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,067, made up of 1,103 males and 964 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 685.61 hectares hectares.

Purwa Jagir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purwa Jagir village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Deosar
Area (hectares) 685.61 hectares
Population 2,067
Male Population 1,103
Female Population 964
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purwa Jagir compares

By the 2011 count Purwa Jagir is the 50th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents. Its 685.61 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Purwa Jagir

Purwa Jagir is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purwa Jagir as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Purwa Jagir from other places

Purwa Jagir lies about 30 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Gondwali, about 18 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 Purwa Jagir
Nearest railway station Gondwali 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Deosar 30 km
District headquarters Singrauli 30 km

Villages closest to Purwa Jagir

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Deosar 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 Purwa Jagir

As per the Census of India 2011, Purwa Jagir village had a population of 2,067. That makes it the 50th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents.

Purwa Jagir village has 1,103 males and 964 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purwa Jagir has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Purwa Jagir covers 685.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purwa Jagir falls under Deosar tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purwa Jagir is Gondwali, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance for Purwa Jagir.

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

Purwa Jagir is in Deosar tehsil of Singrauli district. Gondwali is about 18 km away. Deosar is about 30 km away. Singrauli is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gadwani (2.2 km), Saraha (4.7 km) and Saraudha (4.7 km).

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

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