About Purshotampur Village

Purshotampur is a large village in Najibabad tehsil, in the district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,251, made up of 1,151 males and 1,100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.08 hectares hectares.

Purshotampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purshotampur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bijnor
Tehsil	Najibabad
Area (hectares)	146.08 hectares
Population	2,251
Male Population	1,151
Female Population	1,100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Purshotampur compares

By the 2011 count Purshotampur is the 60th largest of the 392 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,309 residents. Its 146.08 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Purshotampur

Purshotampur 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 Purshotampur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Purshotampur from other places

Purshotampur lies about 35 km from Bijnor, and the nearest railway station is Najibabad Junction, about 3.0 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 Purshotampur
Tehsil headquarters	Najibabad	2.2 km
Nearest town	Najībābād	2.2 km
Nearest railway station	Najibabad Junction	3.0 km
District headquarters	Bijnor	35 km

Villages closest to Purshotampur

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

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Common questions about Purshotampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purshotampur village had a population of 2,251. That makes it the 60th largest of the 392 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,309 residents.

Purshotampur village has 1,151 males and 1,100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purshotampur has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 903.

Purshotampur covers 146.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purshotampur falls under Najibabad tehsil of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purshotampur is Najibabad Junction, about 3.0 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 within village for Purshotampur.

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

Purshotampur is in Najibabad tehsil of Bijnor district. Najibabad is about 2.2 km away. Najībābād is about 2.2 km away. Najibabad Junction is about 3.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.