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About Puraini Village

Puraini is a mid sized village in Bhognipur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,204, made up of 659 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.45 hectares hectares.

Puraini Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puraini village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Bhognipur
Area (hectares) 225.45 hectares
Population 1,204
Male Population 659
Female Population 545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 827
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 Puraini compares

By the 2011 count Puraini is the 113th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents. Its 225.45 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 870.

Getting to Puraini

The census records public bus service for Puraini 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 Puraini from other places

Puraini lies about 34 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Chaunrah, about under 2 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 Puraini
Nearest railway station Chaunrah under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhognipur 5.3 km
Nearest town Kālpi 7.5 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 34 km

Villages closest to Puraini

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puraini village had a population of 1,204. That makes it the 113th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents.

Puraini village has 659 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puraini has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 870.

Puraini covers 225.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puraini falls under Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puraini is Chaunrah, about under 2 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 Puraini.

Puraini is about 34 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puraini is in Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Chaunrah is about under 2 km away. Bhognipur is about 5.3 km away. Kālpi is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jalpura (under 2 km), Bilhapur (under 2 km) and Chaura (1.7 km).

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

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