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About Purshottampur Village

Purshottampur is a mid sized village in Khaga tehsil, in the district of Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,168, made up of 628 males and 540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.26 hectares hectares.

Purshottampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purshottampur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Fatehpur
Tehsil Khaga
Area (hectares) 170.26 hectares
Population 1,168
Male Population 628
Female Population 540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purshottampur compares

By the 2011 count Purshottampur is the 196th largest of the 471 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 170.26 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Purshottampur

Purshottampur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purshottampur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Purshottampur from other places

Purshottampur lies about 23 km from Fatehpur, and the nearest railway station is Jalalpur Dhai, about 14 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 Purshottampur
Nearest railway station Jalalpur Dhai 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Khaga 20 km
District headquarters Fatehpur 23 km

Villages closest to Purshottampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purshottampur village had a population of 1,168. That makes it the 196th largest of the 471 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Purshottampur village has 628 males and 540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purshottampur has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Purshottampur covers 170.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purshottampur falls under Khaga tehsil of Fatehpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purshottampur is Jalalpur Dhai, about 14 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 <5 km distance for Purshottampur.

Purshottampur is about 23 km from Fatehpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purshottampur is in Khaga tehsil of Fatehpur district. Jalalpur Dhai is about 14 km away. Khaga is about 20 km away. Fatehpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makhdumpur Khurd (under 2 km), Ahinda (1.7 km) and Gauspur (1.9 km).

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

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