About Puram Village

Puram is a mid sized village in Hosur tehsil, in the district of Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 589, made up of 318 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Krishnagiri
Tehsil	Hosur
Pincode	635113
Area (hectares)	174.9 hectares
Population	589
Male Population	318
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puram compares

By the 2011 count Puram is the 111th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 174.9 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Puram

Puram is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Puram as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Puram from other places

Puram lies about 30 km from Krishnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Periyanaga Thunai, about 3.1 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 Puram
Nearest railway station	Periyanaga Thunai	3.1 km
Nearest town	Denkanikota	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosur	24 km
District headquarters	Krishnagiri	30 km

Villages closest to Puram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puram village had a population of 589. That makes it the 111th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Puram village has 318 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puram has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Puram is 635113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puram covers 174.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puram falls under Hosur tehsil of Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Puram is Periyanaga Thunai, about 3.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Puram.

Puram is about 30 km from Krishnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puram is in Hosur tehsil of Krishnagiri district. Periyanaga Thunai is about 3.1 km away. Denkanikota is about 16 km away. Hosur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.