About Devki Purwa Village

Devki Purwa is a mid sized village in Derapur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 706, made up of 381 males and 325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.04 hectares hectares.

Devki Purwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Devki Purwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Derapur
Area (hectares)	136.04 hectares
Population	706
Male Population	381
Female Population	325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Devki Purwa compares

By the 2011 count Devki Purwa is the 118th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents. Its 136.04 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Devki Purwa

Devki Purwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Devki Purwa 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Devki Purwa from other places

Devki Purwa lies about 11 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Rura, about 5.9 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 Devki Purwa
Nearest railway station	Rura	5.9 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Derapur	13 km
Nearest town	Jhīnjhak	23 km

Villages closest to Devki Purwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Derapur 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 Devki Purwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Devki Purwa village had a population of 706. That makes it the 118th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents.

Devki Purwa village has 381 males and 325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Devki Purwa has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 862.

Devki Purwa covers 136.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Devki Purwa falls under Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Devki Purwa is Rura, about 5.9 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Devki Purwa.

Devki Purwa is about 11 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Devki Purwa is in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Rura is about 5.9 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 11 km away. Derapur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.