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About Puran Pur Village

Puran Pur is a mid sized village in Dhampur tehsil, in the district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,093, made up of 578 males and 515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246761, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puran Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puran Pur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bijnor
Tehsil Dhampur
Pincode 246761
Area (hectares) 108.06 hectares
Population 1,093
Male Population 578
Female Population 515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Puran Pur compares

By the 2011 count Puran Pur is the 273rd largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents. Its 108.06 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Puran Pur

Puran 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 Puran Pur 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 Puran Pur from other places

Puran Pur lies about 40 km from Bijnor. 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 Puran Pur
Tehsil headquarters Dhampur 3.4 km
Nearest town Dhāmpur 3.4 km
District headquarters Bijnor 40 km

Villages closest to Puran Pur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puran Pur village had a population of 1,093. That makes it the 273rd largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents.

Puran Pur village has 578 males and 515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puran Pur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Puran Pur is 246761. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puran Pur covers 108.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Puran Pur falls under Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Puran Pur notes the nearest railway station 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 Puran Pur.

Puran Pur is about 40 km from Bijnor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puran Pur is in Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district. Dhampur is about 3.4 km away. Dhāmpur is about 3.4 km away. Bijnor is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alavalpur (under 2 km), Nagla Bhajja Ahatmali (under 2 km) and Nangla Bhajja Bila Ahatmali (under 2 km).

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

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