About Puranpur Village

Puranpur is a mid sized village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 960, made up of 436 males and 524 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,202 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.55 hectares hectares.

Puranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puranpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Kerakat
Area (hectares)	78.55 hectares
Population	960
Male Population	436
Female Population	524
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,202
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Puranpur compares

By the 2011 count Puranpur is the 225th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 78.55 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Puranpur

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

How far is Puranpur from other places

Puranpur lies about 27 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Kirakat, about 3.3 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 Puranpur
Nearest railway station	Kirakat	3.3 km
Nearest town	Lalganj	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kerakat	27 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	27 km

Villages closest to Puranpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puranpur village had a population of 960. That makes it the 225th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Puranpur village has 436 males and 524 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puranpur has about 1202 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1071.

Puranpur covers 78.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Puranpur falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puranpur is Kirakat, about 3.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Puranpur.

Puranpur is about 27 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puranpur is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Kirakat is about 3.3 km away. Lalganj is about 15 km away. Kerakat is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.