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About Purunadihi Village

Purunadihi is a mid sized village in Bamebari tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 786, made up of 424 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purunadihi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purunadihi village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Bamebari
Pincode 758034
Area (hectares) 231 hectares
Population 786
Male Population 424
Female Population 362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purunadihi compares

By the 2011 count Purunadihi is the 9th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 632 residents. Its 231 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Purunadihi

Purunadihi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purunadihi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Purunadihi from other places

Purunadihi lies about 65 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Tupadih, about 1.6 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 Purunadihi
Nearest railway station Tupadih 1.6 km
Nearest town Barbil 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Bamebari 31 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 65 km

Villages closest to Purunadihi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purunadihi village had a population of 786. That makes it the 9th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 632 residents.

Purunadihi village has 424 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purunadihi has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Purunadihi is 758034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purunadihi covers 231 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purunadihi falls under Bamebari tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Purunadihi is Tupadih, about 1.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purunadihi.

Purunadihi is about 65 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purunadihi is in Bamebari tehsil of Kendujhar district. Tupadih is about 1.6 km away. Barbil is about 21 km away. Bamebari is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khadabandha (19 km), Deojhar (24 km) and Joda (26 km).

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

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