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About Puraganu Village

Puraganu is a small village in Bilhaur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 406, made up of 217 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.42 hectares hectares.

Puraganu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puraganu village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil Bilhaur
Area (hectares) 88.42 hectares
Population 406
Male Population 217
Female Population 189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
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 Puraganu compares

By the 2011 count Puraganu is the 305th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents. Its 88.42 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 868.

Getting to Puraganu

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

Puraganu lies about 32 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Utripura, 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 Puraganu
Nearest railway station Utripura under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bilhaur 12 km
Nearest town Bāngarmau 20 km
District headquarters Kanpur Nagar 32 km

Villages closest to Puraganu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puraganu village had a population of 406. That makes it the 305th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents.

Puraganu village has 217 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puraganu has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

Puraganu covers 88.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puraganu falls under Bilhaur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puraganu is Utripura, 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 Puraganu.

Puraganu is about 32 km from Kanpur Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puraganu is in Bilhaur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Utripura is about under 2 km away. Bilhaur is about 12 km away. Bāngarmau is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhatpura Shivali (under 2 km), Bhatpura Shivrajpur (under 2 km) and Chandpura (under 2 km).

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

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