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About Keshwa Purkalan Village

Keshwa Purkalan is a large village in Dhaurahara tehsil, in the district of Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,584, made up of 1,361 males and 1,223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 454.78 hectares hectares.

Keshwa Purkalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshwa Purkalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kheri
Tehsil Dhaurahara
Area (hectares) 454.78 hectares
Population 2,584
Male Population 1,361
Female Population 1,223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
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 Keshwa Purkalan compares

By the 2011 count Keshwa Purkalan is the 76th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,912 residents. Its 454.78 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Keshwa Purkalan

Keshwa Purkalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Keshwa Purkalan 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 Keshwa Purkalan from other places

Keshwa Purkalan lies about 28 km from Kheri, and the nearest railway station is Kakraha Rest House, about 29 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 Keshwa Purkalan
Nearest town Dhaurahra 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhaurahara 28 km
District headquarters Kheri 28 km
Nearest railway station Kakraha Rest House 29 km

Villages closest to Keshwa Purkalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhaurahara 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 Keshwa Purkalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshwa Purkalan village had a population of 2,584. That makes it the 76th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,912 residents.

Keshwa Purkalan village has 1,361 males and 1,223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshwa Purkalan has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

Keshwa Purkalan covers 454.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keshwa Purkalan falls under Dhaurahara tehsil of Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Keshwa Purkalan is Kakraha Rest House, about 29 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 Keshwa Purkalan.

Keshwa Purkalan is about 28 km from Kheri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keshwa Purkalan is in Dhaurahara tehsil of Kheri district. Dhaurahra is about 5.9 km away. Dhaurahara is about 28 km away. Kheri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Keshwapur Khurd (under 2 km), Gudaria (2.7 km) and Bamhouri (3.1 km).

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

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