About Puraina Village

Puraina is a small village in Mahmudabad tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 204 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 681 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 261204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puraina Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puraina village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sitapur
Tehsil	Mahmudabad
Pincode	261204
Area (hectares)	426.13 hectares
Population	343
Male Population	204
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	681
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 Puraina compares

By the 2011 count Puraina is the 306th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,542 residents. Its 426.13 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Puraina

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

Puraina lies about 33 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Biswan, about 4.0 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 Puraina
Nearest town	Biswān	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Biswan	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mahmudabad	27 km
District headquarters	Sitapur	33 km

Villages closest to Puraina

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puraina village had a population of 343. That makes it the 306th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,542 residents.

Puraina village has 204 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puraina has about 681 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Puraina is 261204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puraina covers 426.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puraina falls under Mahmudabad tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puraina is Biswan, about 4.0 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 Puraina.

Puraina is about 33 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puraina is in Mahmudabad tehsil of Sitapur district. Biswān is about 3.1 km away. Biswan is about 4.0 km away. Mahmudabad is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.