About Pura Gaja Village

Pura Gaja is a small village in Bara tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 324, made up of 171 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 212107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pura Gaja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pura Gaja village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Bara
Pincode	212107
Area (hectares)	181.29 hectares
Population	324
Male Population	171
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pura Gaja compares

By the 2011 count Pura Gaja is the 222nd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 181.29 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Pura Gaja

Pura Gaja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pura Gaja as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Pura Gaja from other places

Pura Gaja lies about 35 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bevara, about 7.7 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 Pura Gaja
Nearest railway station	Bevara	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bara	11 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	35 km
Nearest town	Prayagraj	35 km

Villages closest to Pura Gaja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bara 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 Pura Gaja

As per the Census of India 2011, Pura Gaja village had a population of 324. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Pura Gaja village has 171 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pura Gaja has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Pura Gaja is 212107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pura Gaja covers 181.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pura Gaja falls under Bara tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pura Gaja is Bevara, about 7.7 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 for Pura Gaja.

Pura Gaja is about 35 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pura Gaja is in Bara tehsil of Allahabad district. Bevara is about 7.7 km away. Bara is about 11 km away. Allahabad is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.