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About Pura Kalan Village

Pura Kalan is a large village in Bidhuna tehsil, in the district of Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,434, made up of 1,823 males and 1,611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 851.89 hectares hectares.

Pura Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pura Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Auraiya
Tehsil Bidhuna
Area (hectares) 851.89 hectares
Population 3,434
Male Population 1,823
Female Population 1,611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pura Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Pura Kalan is the 39th largest of the 399 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 851.89 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Pura Kalan

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

How far is Pura Kalan from other places

Pura Kalan lies about 30 km from Auraiya, and the nearest railway station is Kanchausi, about 11 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station Kanchausi 11 km
Nearest town Jhīnjhak 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Bidhuna 22 km
District headquarters Auraiya 30 km

Villages closest to Pura Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pura Kalan village had a population of 3,434. That makes it the 39th largest of the 399 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Pura Kalan village has 1,823 males and 1,611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pura Kalan has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 862.

Pura Kalan covers 851.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pura Kalan falls under Bidhuna tehsil of Auraiya district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pura Kalan is Kanchausi, about 11 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 for Pura Kalan.

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

Pura Kalan is in Bidhuna tehsil of Auraiya district. Kanchausi is about 11 km away. Jhīnjhak is about 15 km away. Bidhuna is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ludhpura (under 2 km), Thurpip Urf Dhupkari Thulpia U (under 2 km) and Purwa Hema (1.8 km).

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

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