About Purainiya Village

Purainiya is a mid sized village in Chunar tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,077, made up of 559 males and 518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purainiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purainiya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Chunar
Pincode	231001
Area (hectares)	160.56 hectares
Population	1,077
Male Population	559
Female Population	518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purainiya compares

By the 2011 count Purainiya is the 223rd largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents. Its 160.56 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Purainiya

Purainiya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Purainiya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Purainiya from other places

Purainiya lies about 46 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 6.8 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 Purainiya
Nearest railway station	Lusa	6.8 km
Nearest town	Ahraura	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chunar	29 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	46 km

Villages closest to Purainiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purainiya village had a population of 1,077. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents.

Purainiya village has 559 males and 518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purainiya has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

The pincode recorded for Purainiya is 231001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purainiya covers 160.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purainiya falls under Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purainiya is Lusa, about 6.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purainiya.

Purainiya is about 46 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purainiya is in Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district. Lusa is about 6.8 km away. Ahraura is about 20 km away. Chunar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.