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About Purasi Village

Purasi is a mid sized village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,894, made up of 994 males and 900 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 379 hectares hectares.

Purasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purasi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Rae Bareli
Tehsil Maharajganj
Area (hectares) 379 hectares
Population 1,894
Male Population 994
Female Population 900
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purasi compares

By the 2011 count Purasi is the 86th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 379 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Purasi

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

Purasi lies about 25 km from Rae Bareli, and the nearest railway station is Kundanganj, about 15 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 Purasi
Tehsil headquarters Maharajganj 8.0 km
Nearest railway station Kundanganj 15 km
District headquarters Rae Bareli 25 km
Nearest town Raebareli 25 km

Villages closest to Purasi

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

Common questions about Purasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Purasi village had a population of 1,894. That makes it the 86th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Purasi village has 994 males and 900 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purasi has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Purasi covers 379 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purasi falls under Maharajganj tehsil of Rae Bareli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purasi is Kundanganj, about 15 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 km distance and private bus service as Available for Purasi.

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

Purasi is in Maharajganj tehsil of Rae Bareli district. Maharajganj is about 8.0 km away. Kundanganj is about 15 km away. Rae Bareli is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusuri Sagarpur (under 2 km), Rajapur Kanspur (1.7 km) and Bhatsara (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Purasi today is likely to be higher.

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