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About Purwa Kanhai Village

Purwa Kanhai is a small village in Bidhuna tehsil, in the district of Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 196 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.02 hectares hectares.

Purwa Kanhai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purwa Kanhai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Auraiya
Tehsil Bidhuna
Area (hectares) 82.02 hectares
Population 377
Male Population 196
Female Population 181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purwa Kanhai compares

By the 2011 count Purwa Kanhai is the 346th largest of the 399 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 82.02 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Purwa Kanhai

Purwa Kanhai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purwa Kanhai 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 Purwa Kanhai from other places

Purwa Kanhai lies about 52 km from Auraiya, and the nearest railway station is Jasoda, about 24 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 Purwa Kanhai
Nearest railway station Jasoda 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Bidhuna 25 km
Nearest town Bidhūna 25 km
District headquarters Auraiya 52 km

Villages closest to Purwa Kanhai

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 Purwa Kanhai

As per the Census of India 2011, Purwa Kanhai village had a population of 377. That makes it the 346th largest of the 399 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Purwa Kanhai village has 196 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purwa Kanhai has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 862.

Purwa Kanhai covers 82.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purwa Kanhai falls under Bidhuna tehsil of Auraiya district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purwa Kanhai is Jasoda, about 24 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 Purwa Kanhai.

Purwa Kanhai is about 52 km from Auraiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purwa Kanhai is in Bidhuna tehsil of Auraiya district. Jasoda is about 24 km away. Bidhuna is about 25 km away. Bidhūna is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhirpur (4.8 km), Modiyai (6.5 km) and Dahananag (7.2 km).

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

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