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About Purabeni Village

Purabeni is a small village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 443, made up of 238 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 222201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purabeni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purabeni village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Pincode 222201
Area (hectares) 29.47 hectares
Population 443
Male Population 238
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purabeni compares

By the 2011 count Purabeni is the 389th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 29.47 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Purabeni

The census records public bus service for Purabeni as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Purabeni from other places

Purabeni lies about 40 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mungara Badshahpur, about 17 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 Purabeni
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 16 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 16 km
Nearest railway station Mungara Badshahpur 17 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 40 km

Villages closest to Purabeni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purabeni village had a population of 443. That makes it the 389th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Purabeni village has 238 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purabeni has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

The pincode recorded for Purabeni is 222201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purabeni covers 29.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purabeni falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purabeni is Mungara Badshahpur, about 17 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purabeni.

Purabeni is about 40 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purabeni is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Machhlishahr is about 16 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 16 km away. Mungara Badshahpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barpur (under 2 km), Nagauli (under 2 km) and Faridabad (under 2 km).

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

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