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About Purunia Village

Purunia is a small village in Turumunga tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 397, made up of 184 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,158 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758017, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purunia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purunia village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Turumunga
Pincode 758017
Area (hectares) 110 hectares
Population 397
Male Population 184
Female Population 213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,158
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purunia compares

By the 2011 count Purunia is the 71st largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 110 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Purunia

Purunia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purunia as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purunia from other places

Purunia lies about 18 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Kendujhargarh, about 14 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 Purunia
Nearest railway station Kendujhargarh 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Turumunga 18 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 18 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 18 km

Villages closest to Purunia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purunia village had a population of 397. That makes it the 71st largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Purunia village has 184 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purunia has about 1158 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Purunia is 758017. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purunia covers 110 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purunia falls under Turumunga tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Purunia is Kendujhargarh, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purunia.

Purunia is about 18 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purunia is in Turumunga tehsil of Kendujhar district. Kendujhargarh is about 14 km away. Turumunga is about 18 km away. Kendujhar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chakundapal (1.8 km), Shyamsundarpur (2.8 km) and Kantiapada (3.1 km).

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

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