About Purana Village

Purana is a large village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,052, made up of 1,028 males and 1,024 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1129.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purana village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Pincode	231210
Area (hectares)	1129.53 hectares
Population	2,052
Male Population	1,028
Female Population	1,024
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purana compares

By the 2011 count Purana is the 28th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 1129.53 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Purana

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

Purana lies about 36 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 18 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 Purana
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Lusa	18 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	36 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	36 km

Villages closest to Purana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purana village had a population of 2,052. That makes it the 28th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Purana village has 1,028 males and 1,024 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purana has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Purana is 231210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purana covers 1129.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purana falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purana is Lusa, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Purana.

Purana is about 36 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purana is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 6.6 km away. Lusa is about 18 km away. Sonbhadra is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.