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About Purumunda Village

Purumunda is a mid sized village in Pandapara tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,889, made up of 962 males and 927 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 689 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758014, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purumunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purumunda village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Pandapara
Pincode 758014
Area (hectares) 689 hectares
Population 1,889
Male Population 962
Female Population 927
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 964
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purumunda compares

By the 2011 count Purumunda is the 7th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 689 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Purumunda

Purumunda is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purumunda as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Purumunda from other places

Purumunda lies about 14 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Goaldih, about 11 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 Purumunda
Nearest railway station Goaldih 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Pandapara 14 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 14 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 14 km

Villages closest to Purumunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purumunda village had a population of 1,889. That makes it the 7th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Purumunda village has 962 males and 927 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purumunda has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Purumunda is 758014. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purumunda covers 689 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purumunda falls under Pandapara tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Purumunda is Goaldih, about 11 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purumunda.

Purumunda is about 14 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purumunda is in Pandapara tehsil of Kendujhar district. Goaldih is about 11 km away. Pandapara is about 14 km away. Kendujhar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Suakati (7.9 km), Nuagaon Jodapokhari (11 km) and Sannuagaon (11 km).

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

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