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About Pura Bijai Village

Pura Bijai is a mid sized village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,691, made up of 851 males and 840 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380.32 hectares hectares.

Pura Bijai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pura Bijai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 380.32 hectares
Population 1,691
Male Population 851
Female Population 840
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pura Bijai compares

By the 2011 count Pura Bijai is the 151st largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 380.32 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Pura Bijai

Pura Bijai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pura Bijai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pura Bijai from other places

Pura Bijai lies about 25 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Rajawari, about 4.6 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 Pura Bijai
Nearest railway station Rajawari 4.6 km
Nearest town Saidpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 17 km
District headquarters Chandauli 25 km

Villages closest to Pura Bijai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sakaldiha 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 Pura Bijai

As per the Census of India 2011, Pura Bijai village had a population of 1,691. That makes it the 151st largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Pura Bijai village has 851 males and 840 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pura Bijai has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Pura Bijai covers 380.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pura Bijai falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pura Bijai is Rajawari, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Pura Bijai is about 25 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pura Bijai is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Rajawari is about 4.6 km away. Saidpur is about 11 km away. Sakaldiha 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 Zura Haradhan (under 2 km), Mulanapur (2.2 km) and Mahuari Kalan (3.0 km).

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

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