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About Purani Bazar Village

Purani Bazar is a mid sized village in Badlapur tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,942, made up of 930 males and 1,012 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 222125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purani Bazar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purani Bazar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Badlapur
Pincode 222125
Area (hectares) 52.44 hectares
Population 1,942
Male Population 930
Female Population 1,012
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purani Bazar compares

By the 2011 count Purani Bazar is the 52nd largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents. Its 52.44 hectares work out to about 37 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1043.

Getting to Purani Bazar

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

How far is Purani Bazar from other places

Purani Bazar lies about 29 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 1.9 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 Purani Bazar
Tehsil headquarters Badlapur under 2 km
Nearest railway station Sri Krishna Nagar 1.9 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 24 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 29 km

Villages closest to Purani Bazar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Badlapur 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 Purani Bazar

As per the Census of India 2011, Purani Bazar village had a population of 1,942. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents.

Purani Bazar village has 930 males and 1,012 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purani Bazar has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1043.

The pincode recorded for Purani Bazar is 222125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purani Bazar covers 52.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 37 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purani Bazar falls under Badlapur tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purani Bazar is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Purani Bazar.

Purani Bazar is about 29 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purani Bazar is in Badlapur tehsil of Jaunpur district. Badlapur is about under 2 km away. Sri Krishna Nagar is about 1.9 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aharauli (under 2 km), Bithua Kalan (under 2 km) and Bithua Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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