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About Nurpur Village

Nurpur is a mid sized village in Sikandrabad tehsil, in the district of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,348, made up of 732 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.56 hectares hectares.

Nurpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nurpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bulandshahr
Tehsil Sikandrabad
Area (hectares) 156.56 hectares
Population 1,348
Male Population 732
Female Population 616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nurpur compares

By the 2011 count Nurpur is the 80th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,168 residents. Its 156.56 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Nurpur

Nurpur 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 Nurpur as Available within village. 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 Nurpur from other places

Nurpur lies about 16 km from Bulandshahr, and the nearest railway station is Wair, about 1.8 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 Nurpur
Nearest railway station Wair 1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikandrabad 9.7 km
Nearest town Sikandarābād 9.7 km
District headquarters Bulandshahr 16 km

Villages closest to Nurpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nurpur village had a population of 1,348. That makes it the 80th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,168 residents.

Nurpur village has 732 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nurpur has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Nurpur covers 156.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Nurpur falls under Sikandrabad tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nurpur is Wair, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Nurpur.

Nurpur is about 16 km from Bulandshahr in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nurpur is in Sikandrabad tehsil of Bulandshahr district. Wair is about 1.8 km away. Sikandrabad is about 9.7 km away. Sikandarābād is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dulehra (under 2 km), Zahidpur (1.7 km) and Saloni Urf Rauni (2.3 km).

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

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