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About Purau Pur Village

Purau Pur is a mid sized village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,035, made up of 503 males and 532 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.93 hectares hectares.

Purau Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purau Pur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 115.93 hectares
Population 1,035
Male Population 503
Female Population 532
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purau Pur compares

By the 2011 count Purau Pur is the 245th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 115.93 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Purau Pur

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

Purau Pur lies about 54 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mungara Badshahpur, about 3.0 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 Purau Pur
Nearest railway station Mungara Badshahpur 3.0 km
Nearest town Phulpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 25 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 54 km

Villages closest to Purau Pur

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 Purau Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purau Pur village had a population of 1,035. That makes it the 245th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Purau Pur village has 503 males and 532 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purau Pur has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1061.

Purau Pur covers 115.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purau Pur falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purau Pur is Mungara Badshahpur, about 3.0 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 <5 km distance for Purau Pur.

Purau Pur is about 54 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purau Pur is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Mungara Badshahpur is about 3.0 km away. Phulpur is about 12 km away. Machhlishahr is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Mathiya (under 2 km), Kodahon (1.7 km) and Chhanehata (1.9 km).

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

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