About Purwa Village

Purwa is a small village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 171 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Marihan
Pincode	231309
Area (hectares)	65.81 hectares
Population	338
Male Population	171
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purwa compares

By the 2011 count Purwa is the 157th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 65.81 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Purwa

Purwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purwa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purwa from other places

Purwa lies about 23 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Mirzapur Railway Station, about 22 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 Purwa
Tehsil headquarters	Marihan	19 km
Nearest railway station	Mirzapur Railway Station	22 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	23 km
Nearest town	Mirzāpur	23 km

Villages closest to Purwa

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 Purwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Purwa village had a population of 338. That makes it the 157th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Purwa village has 171 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purwa has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Purwa is 231309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purwa covers 65.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Purwa is Mirzapur Railway Station, about 22 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 for Purwa.

Purwa is about 23 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purwa is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Marihan is about 19 km away. Mirzapur Railway Station is about 22 km away. Mirzapur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.