About Purainia Village

Purainia is a mid sized village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 978, made up of 502 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purainia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purainia village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Marihan
Pincode	231001
Area (hectares)	185.15 hectares
Population	978
Male Population	502
Female Population	476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purainia compares

By the 2011 count Purainia is the 89th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 185.15 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Purainia

Purainia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purainia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Purainia from other places

Purainia lies about 25 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Saktesgarh, about 6.2 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 Purainia
Nearest railway station	Saktesgarh	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marihan	12 km
Nearest town	Chunār	18 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	25 km

Villages closest to Purainia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purainia village had a population of 978. That makes it the 89th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Purainia village has 502 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purainia has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 918.

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

Purainia covers 185.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purainia falls under Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purainia is Saktesgarh, about 6.2 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Purainia.

Purainia is about 25 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purainia is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Saktesgarh is about 6.2 km away. Marihan is about 12 km away. Chunār is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.