About Purani Chhawani Village

Purani Chhawani is a small village in Chunar tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 155 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.95 hectares hectares.

Purani Chhawani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purani Chhawani village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Chunar
Area (hectares)	123.95 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	155
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purani Chhawani compares

By the 2011 count Purani Chhawani is the 428th largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents. Its 123.95 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Purani Chhawani

Purani Chhawani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purani Chhawani as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Purani Chhawani from other places

Purani Chhawani lies about 20 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Kachhwa Road, about 1.8 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 Purani Chhawani
Nearest railway station	Kachhwa Road	1.8 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	20 km
Nearest town	Mirzāpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chunar	22 km

Villages closest to Purani Chhawani

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 Purani Chhawani

As per the Census of India 2011, Purani Chhawani village had a population of 298. That makes it the 428th largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents.

Purani Chhawani village has 155 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purani Chhawani has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Purani Chhawani covers 123.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purani Chhawani falls under Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purani Chhawani is Kachhwa Road, about 1.8 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 and private bus service as Available for Purani Chhawani.

Purani Chhawani is about 20 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purani Chhawani is in Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district. Kachhwa Road is about 1.8 km away. Mirzapur is about 20 km away. Mirzāpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.