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About Purani Village

Purani is a mid sized village in Karchhana tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,849, made up of 992 males and 857 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.03 hectares hectares.

Purani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purani village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Karchhana
Area (hectares) 206.03 hectares
Population 1,849
Male Population 992
Female Population 857
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purani compares

By the 2011 count Purani is the 120th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 206.03 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Purani

Purani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purani as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Purani from other places

Purani lies about 23 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bheerpur, about 2.3 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 Purani
Nearest railway station Bheerpur 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Karchhana 23 km
District headquarters Allahabad 23 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 23 km

Villages closest to Purani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purani village had a population of 1,849. That makes it the 120th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Purani village has 992 males and 857 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purani has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Purani covers 206.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purani falls under Karchhana tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purani is Bheerpur, about 2.3 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purani.

Purani is about 23 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purani is in Karchhana tehsil of Allahabad district. Bheerpur is about 2.3 km away. Karchhana is about 23 km away. Allahabad is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thari (1.5 km), Dewri Khurd (2.1 km) and Harrai (2.3 km).

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

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