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About Puranpur Village

Puranpur is a mid sized village in Sidhauli tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,384, made up of 770 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.84 hectares hectares.

Puranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puranpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sitapur
Tehsil Sidhauli
Area (hectares) 101.84 hectares
Population 1,384
Male Population 770
Female Population 614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 797
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Puranpur compares

By the 2011 count Puranpur is the 156th largest of the 304 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,741 residents. Its 101.84 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Puranpur

Puranpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Puranpur 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 <5 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 32 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Suraincha, about 2.5 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 Suraincha 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Sidhauli 3.0 km
Nearest town Sidhaulī 3.0 km
District headquarters Sitapur 32 km

Villages closest to Puranpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puranpur village had a population of 1,384. That makes it the 156th largest of the 304 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,741 residents.

Puranpur village has 770 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puranpur has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Puranpur covers 101.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Puranpur falls under Sidhauli tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puranpur is Suraincha, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Puranpur.

Puranpur is about 32 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puranpur is in Sidhauli tehsil of Sitapur district. Suraincha is about 2.5 km away. Sidhauli is about 3.0 km away. Sidhaulī is about 3.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surjanpur (under 2 km), Madaripur (under 2 km) and Husainganj (under 2 km).

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

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