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About Pusra Village

Pusra is a mid sized village in Wadwani tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,667, made up of 882 males and 785 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1023.01 hectares hectares.

Pusra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pusra village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Wadwani
Area (hectares) 1023.01 hectares
Population 1,667
Male Population 882
Female Population 785
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pusra compares

By the 2011 count Pusra is the 21st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 1023.01 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Pusra

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

Pusra lies about 37 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Parli-Vaijnath, about 47 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 Pusra
Tehsil headquarters Wadwani 6.6 km
Nearest town Dhārūr 19 km
District headquarters Bid 37 km
Nearest railway station Parli-Vaijnath 47 km

Villages closest to Pusra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pusra village had a population of 1,667. That makes it the 21st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Pusra village has 882 males and 785 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pusra has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Pusra covers 1023.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pusra falls under Wadwani tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pusra is Parli-Vaijnath, about 47 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pusra.

Pusra is about 37 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pusra is in Wadwani tehsil of Bid district. Wadwani is about 6.6 km away. Dhārūr is about 19 km away. Bid is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hiwargavhan (2.2 km), Bavi (2.7 km) and Tigaon (2.9 km).

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

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