About Purangaon Village

Purangaon is a mid sized village in Yevla tehsil, in the district of Nashik, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,321, made up of 686 males and 635 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397 hectares hectares.

Purangaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purangaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nashik
Tehsil	Yevla
Area (hectares)	397 hectares
Population	1,321
Male Population	686
Female Population	635
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purangaon compares

By the 2011 count Purangaon is the 69th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,785 residents. Its 397 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Purangaon

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

Purangaon lies about 92 km from Nashik, and the nearest railway station is Puntamba Junction, about 4.2 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 Purangaon
Nearest railway station	Puntamba Junction	4.2 km
Nearest town	Vaijāpur	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yevla	32 km
District headquarters	Nashik	92 km

Villages closest to Purangaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purangaon village had a population of 1,321. That makes it the 69th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,785 residents.

Purangaon village has 686 males and 635 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purangaon has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Purangaon covers 397 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purangaon falls under Yevla tehsil of Nashik district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Purangaon is Puntamba Junction, about 4.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purangaon.

Purangaon is about 92 km from Nashik in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purangaon is in Yevla tehsil of Nashik district. Puntamba Junction is about 4.2 km away. Vaijāpur is about 17 km away. Yevla is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.