About Purastampur Village

Purastampur is a mid sized village in Baleshwar Sadar tehsil, in the district of Baleshwar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 524, made up of 286 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 756060, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purastampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purastampur village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Baleshwar
Tehsil	Baleshwar Sadar
Pincode	756060
Area (hectares)	266 hectares
Population	524
Male Population	286
Female Population	238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purastampur compares

By the 2011 count Purastampur is the 71st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 738 residents. Its 266 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Purastampur

Purastampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purastampur as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purastampur from other places

Purastampur lies about 32 km from Baleshwar, and the nearest railway station is Amarda Road, about 17 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 Purastampur
Nearest railway station	Amarda Road	17 km
Nearest town	Jaleshwar	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baleshwar Sadar	32 km
District headquarters	Baleshwar	32 km

Villages closest to Purastampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baleshwar Sadar 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 Purastampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purastampur village had a population of 524. That makes it the 71st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 738 residents.

Purastampur village has 286 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purastampur has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Purastampur is 756060. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purastampur covers 266 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purastampur falls under Baleshwar Sadar tehsil of Baleshwar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Purastampur is Amarda Road, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purastampur.

Purastampur is about 32 km from Baleshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purastampur is in Baleshwar Sadar tehsil of Baleshwar district. Amarda Road is about 17 km away. Jaleshwar is about 20 km away. Baleshwar Sadar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.