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About Duraj Pur Village

Duraj Pur is a mid sized village in Burhanpur tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 656, made up of 316 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.08 hectares hectares.

Duraj Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duraj Pur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Burhanpur
Area (hectares) 60.08 hectares
Population 656
Male Population 316
Female Population 340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Duraj Pur compares

By the 2011 count Duraj Pur is the 243rd largest of the 454 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 967 residents. Its 60.08 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1047.

Getting to Duraj Pur

Duraj Pur 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 Duraj Pur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Duraj Pur from other places

Duraj Pur lies about 74 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Bakhsha, about 5.5 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 Duraj Pur
Nearest railway station Bakhsha 5.5 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Burhanpur 32 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 74 km

Villages closest to Duraj Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Burhanpur 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 Duraj Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Duraj Pur village had a population of 656. That makes it the 243rd largest of the 454 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 967 residents.

Duraj Pur village has 316 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duraj Pur has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1047.

Duraj Pur covers 60.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Duraj Pur falls under Burhanpur tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Duraj Pur is Bakhsha, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Duraj Pur.

Duraj Pur is about 74 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duraj Pur is in Burhanpur tehsil of Azamgarh district. Bakhsha is about 5.5 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 14 km away. Burhanpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Durgapur (under 2 km), Belsari (5.6 km) and Harirampur (7.1 km).

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

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