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About Durga Purwa Village

Durga Purwa is a mid sized village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,084, made up of 555 males and 529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durga Purwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durga Purwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Akbarpur
Pincode 209101
Area (hectares) 199.57 hectares
Population 1,084
Male Population 555
Female Population 529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
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 Durga Purwa compares

By the 2011 count Durga Purwa is the 159th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 199.57 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Durga Purwa

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

How far is Durga Purwa from other places

Durga Purwa lies about 15 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Patra, about 6.9 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 Durga Purwa
Tehsil headquarters Akbarpur 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Patra 6.9 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 15 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 25 km

Villages closest to Durga Purwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durga Purwa village had a population of 1,084. That makes it the 159th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Durga Purwa village has 555 males and 529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durga Purwa has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 868.

The pincode recorded for Durga Purwa is 209101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durga Purwa covers 199.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durga Purwa falls under Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Durga Purwa is Patra, about 6.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Durga Purwa.

Durga Purwa is about 15 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durga Purwa is in Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Akbarpur is about 4.0 km away. Patra is about 6.9 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aghoo Kamalpur (under 2 km), Kamalpur (under 2 km) and Muktapur Mazara Nariha (under 2 km).

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

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