About Purana Dih Village

Purana Dih is a small village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 387, made up of 192 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.4 hectares hectares.

Purana Dih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purana Dih village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chandauli
Tehsil	Chakia
Area (hectares)	54.4 hectares
Population	387
Male Population	192
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purana Dih compares

By the 2011 count Purana Dih is the 306th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 54.4 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Purana Dih

Purana Dih is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Purana Dih as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purana Dih from other places

Purana Dih lies about 31 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Ahraura Road, about 27 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 Purana Dih
Tehsil headquarters	Chakia	7.7 km
Nearest town	Ahraura	14 km
Nearest railway station	Ahraura Road	27 km
District headquarters	Chandauli	31 km

Villages closest to Purana Dih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chakia 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 Purana Dih

As per the Census of India 2011, Purana Dih village had a population of 387. That makes it the 306th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Purana Dih village has 192 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purana Dih has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Purana Dih covers 54.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purana Dih falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purana Dih is Ahraura Road, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purana Dih.

Purana Dih is about 31 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purana Dih is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Chakia is about 7.7 km away. Ahraura is about 14 km away. Ahraura Road is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.