About Purwa Village

Purwa is a mid sized village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 965, made up of 478 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.48 hectares hectares.

Purwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	32.48 hectares
Population	965
Male Population	478
Female Population	487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
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 Purwa compares

By the 2011 count Purwa is the 196th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 32.48 hectares work out to about 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Purwa

Purwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purwa 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 Purwa from other places

Purwa lies about 10 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Jagatbela, about 5.3 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 Purwa
Nearest railway station	Jagatbela	5.3 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	18 km

Villages closest to Purwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purwa village had a population of 965. That makes it the 196th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Purwa village has 478 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purwa has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Purwa covers 32.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purwa falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purwa is Jagatbela, about 5.3 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 Purwa.

Purwa is about 10 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purwa is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Jagatbela is about 5.3 km away. Gorakhpur is about 10 km away. Khajni is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.