About Purikhunta Village

Purikhunta is a small village in Barsahi tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 448, made up of 220 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757017, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purikhunta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purikhunta village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
Tehsil	Barsahi
Pincode	757017
Area (hectares)	139 hectares
Population	448
Male Population	220
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Purikhunta compares

By the 2011 count Purikhunta is the 72nd largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 686 residents. Its 139 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Purikhunta

Purikhunta 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 Purikhunta 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purikhunta from other places

Purikhunta lies about 27 km from Mayurbhanj, and the nearest railway station is Betnoti, about 23 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 Purikhunta
Nearest railway station	Betnoti	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barsahi	27 km
District headquarters	Mayurbhanj	27 km
Nearest town	Baripāda	27 km

Villages closest to Purikhunta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purikhunta village had a population of 448. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 686 residents.

Purikhunta village has 220 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purikhunta has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Purikhunta is 757017. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purikhunta covers 139 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purikhunta falls under Barsahi tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Purikhunta is Betnoti, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purikhunta.

Purikhunta is about 27 km from Mayurbhanj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purikhunta is in Barsahi tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. Betnoti is about 23 km away. Barsahi is about 27 km away. Mayurbhanj is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.