About Puranpur Village

Puranpur is a small village in Lalganj tehsil, in the district of Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 248 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 229202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puranpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Rae Bareli
Tehsil	Lalganj
Pincode	229202
Area (hectares)	83.52 hectares
Population	491
Male Population	248
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
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 Puranpur compares

By the 2011 count Puranpur is the 260th largest of the 327 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,502 residents. Its 83.52 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Puranpur

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

Puranpur lies about 73 km from Rae Bareli, and the nearest railway station is Bishnathganj, about 12 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 Puranpur
Nearest railway station	Bishnathganj	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lalganj	16 km
Nearest town	Lālganj	16 km
District headquarters	Rae Bareli	73 km

Villages closest to Puranpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puranpur village had a population of 491. That makes it the 260th largest of the 327 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,502 residents.

Puranpur village has 248 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puranpur has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Puranpur is 229202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puranpur covers 83.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puranpur falls under Lalganj tehsil of Rae Bareli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puranpur is Bishnathganj, about 12 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 Puranpur.

Puranpur is about 73 km from Rae Bareli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puranpur is in Lalganj tehsil of Rae Bareli district. Bishnathganj is about 12 km away. Lalganj is about 16 km away. Lālganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.