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About Pursal Village

Pursal is a mid sized village in Hasanpur tehsil, in the district of Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,053, made up of 562 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.16 hectares hectares.

Pursal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pursal village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jyotiba Phule Nagar
Tehsil Hasanpur
Area (hectares) 342.16 hectares
Population 1,053
Male Population 562
Female Population 491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pursal compares

By the 2011 count Pursal is the 176th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,667 residents. Its 342.16 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 896.

Getting to Pursal

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

How far is Pursal from other places

Pursal lies about 41 km from Jyotiba Phule Nagar. 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 Pursal
Nearest town Sambhal 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Hasanpur 22 km
District headquarters Jyotiba Phule Nagar 41 km

Villages closest to Pursal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pursal village had a population of 1,053. That makes it the 176th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,667 residents.

Pursal village has 562 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pursal has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 896.

Pursal covers 342.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pursal falls under Hasanpur tehsil of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Pursal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Pursal.

Pursal is about 41 km from Jyotiba Phule Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pursal is in Hasanpur tehsil of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district. Sambhal is about 20 km away. Hasanpur is about 22 km away. Jyotiba Phule Nagar is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Damgara (1.8 km), Sikandarabad (1.8 km) and Adampur (2.1 km).

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

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