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About Purania Arjunpur Village

Purania Arjunpur is a mid sized village in Gola tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,274, made up of 646 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.51 hectares hectares.

Purania Arjunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purania Arjunpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Gola
Area (hectares) 71.51 hectares
Population 1,274
Male Population 646
Female Population 628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 972
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purania Arjunpur compares

By the 2011 count Purania Arjunpur is the 114th largest of the 587 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 790 residents. Its 71.51 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Purania Arjunpur

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

How far is Purania Arjunpur from other places

Purania Arjunpur lies about 143 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Rajawari, about 6.0 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 Purania Arjunpur
Nearest railway station Rajawari 6.0 km
Nearest town Saidpur 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Gola 19 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 143 km

Villages closest to Purania Arjunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gola 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 Purania Arjunpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purania Arjunpur village had a population of 1,274. That makes it the 114th largest of the 587 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 790 residents.

Purania Arjunpur village has 646 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purania Arjunpur has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Purania Arjunpur covers 71.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purania Arjunpur falls under Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purania Arjunpur is Rajawari, about 6.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purania Arjunpur.

Purania Arjunpur is about 143 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purania Arjunpur is in Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Rajawari is about 6.0 km away. Saidpur is about 6.6 km away. Gola is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ajayapura (under 2 km), Babhan Pura (under 2 km) and Budhan Pura (under 2 km).

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

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