About Purian Kalan Village

Purian Kalan is a large village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,153, made up of 1,129 males and 1,024 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purian Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purian Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143505
Area (hectares)	328 hectares
Population	2,153
Male Population	1,129
Female Population	1,024
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purian Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Purian Kalan is the 55th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 328 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Purian Kalan

Purian Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purian Kalan as Available within 5 - 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 Purian Kalan from other places

Purian Kalan lies about 38 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jaintipura, about 6.5 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 Purian Kalan
Nearest railway station	Jaintipura	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	6.8 km
Nearest town	Batāla	6.8 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	38 km

Villages closest to Purian Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Batala 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 Purian Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Purian Kalan village had a population of 2,153. That makes it the 55th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Purian Kalan village has 1,129 males and 1,024 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purian Kalan has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Purian Kalan is 143505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purian Kalan covers 328 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purian Kalan falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Purian Kalan is Jaintipura, about 6.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purian Kalan.

Purian Kalan is about 38 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purian Kalan is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Jaintipura is about 6.5 km away. Batala is about 6.8 km away. Batāla is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.