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About Purunaguma Village

Purunaguma is a small village in Thuamul Rampur tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 94 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766037, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purunaguma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purunaguma village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Thuamul Rampur
Pincode 766037
Area (hectares) 68 hectares
Population 180
Male Population 94
Female Population 86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purunaguma compares

By the 2011 count Purunaguma is the 116th largest of the 210 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 266 residents. Its 68 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Purunaguma

Purunaguma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purunaguma as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Pokharesh, Pokhariguda, Polingpadar and Potroguda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Purunaguma

As per the Census of India 2011, Purunaguma village had a population of 180. That makes it the 116th largest of the 210 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 266 residents.

Purunaguma village has 94 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purunaguma has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Purunaguma is 766037. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purunaguma covers 68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purunaguma falls under Thuamul Rampur tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The census record for Purunaguma notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Purunaguma.

Purunaguma is in Thuamul Rampur tehsil of Kalahandi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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