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About Porai Kalan Village

Porai Kalan is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,083, made up of 510 males and 573 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211.09 hectares hectares.

Porai Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porai Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Shahganj
Area (hectares) 211.09 hectares
Population 1,083
Male Population 510
Female Population 573
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,124
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Porai Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Porai Kalan is the 226th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 211.09 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Porai Kalan

Porai Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Porai Kalan as Available within <5 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 Porai Kalan from other places

Porai Kalan lies about 25 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Kheta Sarai, about 3.4 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 Porai Kalan
Nearest railway station Kheta Sarai 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahganj 8.6 km
Nearest town Shāhganj 8.6 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 25 km

Villages closest to Porai Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahganj 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 Porai Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Porai Kalan village had a population of 1,083. That makes it the 226th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Porai Kalan village has 510 males and 573 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porai Kalan has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Porai Kalan covers 211.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porai Kalan falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Porai Kalan is Kheta Sarai, about 3.4 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Porai Kalan.

Porai Kalan is about 25 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porai Kalan is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Kheta Sarai is about 3.4 km away. Shahganj is about 8.6 km away. Shāhganj is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Porai Khurd (under 2 km), Dandsawli (1.7 km) and Bhadail (1.9 km).

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

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