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About Puranpur Village

Puranpur is a small village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Bara Banki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 99 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.19 hectares hectares.

Puranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puranpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bara Banki
Tehsil Ramnagar
Area (hectares) 175.19 hectares
Population 180
Male Population 99
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 818
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Puranpur compares

By the 2011 count Puranpur is the 221st largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents. Its 175.19 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Puranpur

Puranpur 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 Puranpur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Puranpur from other places

Puranpur lies about 35 km from Bara Banki, and the nearest railway station is Sundhiamau, 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 Puranpur
Nearest railway station Sundhiamau 11 km
Nearest town Fatehpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramnagar 17 km
District headquarters Bara Banki 35 km

Villages closest to Puranpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puranpur village had a population of 180. That makes it the 221st largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents.

Puranpur village has 99 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puranpur has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 859.

Puranpur covers 175.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puranpur falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Bara Banki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puranpur is Sundhiamau, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Puranpur.

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

Puranpur is in Ramnagar tehsil of Bara Banki district. Sundhiamau is about 11 km away. Fatehpur is about 11 km away. Ramnagar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Richhala (under 2 km), Mamata Mau (1.5 km) and Richhali (1.5 km).

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

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