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About Purian Khurd Village

Purian Khurd is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 736, made up of 388 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purian Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purian Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 143515
Area (hectares) 173 hectares
Population 736
Male Population 388
Female Population 348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purian Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Purian Khurd is the 238th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 173 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Purian Khurd

The census records public bus service for Purian Khurd as Available within 5 - 10 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purian Khurd from other places

Purian Khurd lies about 37 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Junction, about 9.4 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 Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Batala 7.9 km
Nearest town Batāla 7.9 km
Nearest railway station Batala Junction 9.4 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 37 km

Villages closest to Purian Khurd

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.

Common questions about Purian Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Purian Khurd village had a population of 736. That makes it the 238th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Purian Khurd village has 388 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purian Khurd has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Purian Khurd is 143515. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purian Khurd covers 173 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Purian Khurd is Batala Junction, about 9.4 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purian Khurd.

Purian Khurd is about 37 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purian Khurd is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala is about 7.9 km away. Batāla is about 7.9 km away. Batala Junction is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sheikhwan (under 2 km), Ammo Nangal (under 2 km) and Nat (under 2 km).

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

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