About Purawa Village

Purawa is a mid sized village in Gudha Malani tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,039, made up of 552 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 738.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purawa village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Barmer
Tehsil	Gudha Malani
Pincode	344704
Area (hectares)	738.49 hectares
Population	1,039
Male Population	552
Female Population	487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purawa compares

By the 2011 count Purawa is the 145th largest of the 511 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 861 residents. Its 738.49 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Purawa

Purawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purawa 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. The nearest villages by name are Prabhu Nagar, Pratapgarh, Pratapnagar and Prem Nagar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Purawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Purawa village had a population of 1,039. That makes it the 145th largest of the 511 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 861 residents.

Purawa village has 552 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purawa has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Purawa is 344704. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purawa covers 738.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purawa falls under Gudha Malani tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The census record for Purawa notes the nearest railway station 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 Purawa.

Purawa is in Gudha Malani tehsil of Barmer district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.