About Pura Village

Pura is a mid sized village in Garautha tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 504, made up of 255 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 377.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 284004, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pura village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jhansi
Tehsil	Garautha
Pincode	284004
Area (hectares)	377.21 hectares
Population	504
Male Population	255
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pura compares

By the 2011 count Pura is the 111th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 377.21 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Pura

Pura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pura as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pura from other places

Pura lies about 77 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Harpalpur, about 23 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 Pura
Tehsil headquarters	Garautha	9.6 km
Nearest town	Gursarāi	21 km
Nearest railway station	Harpalpur	23 km
District headquarters	Jhansi	77 km

Villages closest to Pura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pura village had a population of 504. That makes it the 111th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Pura village has 255 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pura has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 864.

The pincode recorded for Pura is 284004. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pura covers 377.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pura falls under Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pura is Harpalpur, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available for Pura.

Pura is about 77 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pura is in Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district. Garautha is about 9.6 km away. Gursarāi is about 21 km away. Harpalpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.