About Purain Village

Purain is a large village in Rudauli tehsil, in the district of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,396, made up of 2,288 males and 2,108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.07 hectares hectares.

Purain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purain village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Faizabad
Tehsil	Rudauli
Area (hectares)	460.07 hectares
Population	4,396
Male Population	2,288
Female Population	2,108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purain compares

By the 2011 count Purain is the 17th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents. Its 460.07 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Purain

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

How far is Purain from other places

Purain lies about 44 km from Faizabad, and the nearest railway station is Kasturi, about 18 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 Purain
Nearest railway station	Kasturi	18 km
Nearest town	Colonelganj	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rudauli	26 km
District headquarters	Faizabad	44 km

Villages closest to Purain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purain village had a population of 4,396. That makes it the 17th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents.

Purain village has 2,288 males and 2,108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purain has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Purain covers 460.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purain falls under Rudauli tehsil of Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purain is Kasturi, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Purain.

Purain is about 44 km from Faizabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purain is in Rudauli tehsil of Faizabad district. Kasturi is about 18 km away. Colonelganj is about 18 km away. Rudauli is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.