About Purana Wala Village

Purana Wala is a small village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 47 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 723 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143604, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purana Wala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purana Wala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Dera Baba Nanak
Pincode	143604
Area (hectares)	461 hectares
Population	81
Male Population	47
Female Population	34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	723
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purana Wala compares

By the 2011 count Purana Wala is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 461 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Purana Wala

Purana Wala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purana Wala 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purana Wala from other places

Purana Wala lies about 52 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Ramdas, about 12 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 Purana Wala
Nearest railway station	Ramdas	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Baba Nanak	16 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	25 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	52 km

Villages closest to Purana Wala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Baba Nanak 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 Purana Wala

As per the Census of India 2011, Purana Wala village had a population of 81. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Purana Wala village has 47 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purana Wala has about 723 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Purana Wala is 143604. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purana Wala covers 461 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purana Wala falls under Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Purana Wala is Ramdas, about 12 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purana Wala.

Purana Wala is about 52 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purana Wala is in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Ramdas is about 12 km away. Dera Baba Nanak is about 16 km away. Ajnāla is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.