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About Purgaon Village

Purgaon is a large village in Goregaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,111, made up of 1,034 males and 1,077 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500.89 hectares hectares.

Purgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Goregaon
Area (hectares) 500.89 hectares
Population 2,111
Male Population 1,034
Female Population 1,077
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purgaon compares

By the 2011 count Purgaon is the 19th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 500.89 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Purgaon

Purgaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purgaon from other places

Purgaon lies about 10 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Hirdamali, about 3.1 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 Purgaon
Nearest railway station Hirdamali 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Goregaon 3.3 km
District headquarters Gondiya 10 km
Nearest town Gondiā 10 km

Villages closest to Purgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purgaon village had a population of 2,111. That makes it the 19th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Purgaon village has 1,034 males and 1,077 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purgaon has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Purgaon covers 500.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purgaon falls under Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Purgaon is Hirdamali, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purgaon.

Purgaon is about 10 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purgaon is in Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Hirdamali is about 3.1 km away. Goregaon is about 3.3 km away. Gondiya is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chichgaon (under 2 km), Gankhaira (2.1 km) and Silegaon (2.1 km).

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

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