About Purkhas Village

Purkhas is a large village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,324, made up of 1,179 males and 1,145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 981.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purkhas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purkhas village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Pincode	231210
Area (hectares)	981.93 hectares
Population	2,324
Male Population	1,179
Female Population	1,145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
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 Purkhas compares

By the 2011 count Purkhas is the 18th 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 981.93 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 932.

Getting to Purkhas

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

Purkhas lies about 21 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 11 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 Purkhas
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	10 km
Nearest railway station	Khairahi	11 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	21 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	21 km

Villages closest to Purkhas

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 Purkhas

As per the Census of India 2011, Purkhas village had a population of 2,324. That makes it the 18th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Purkhas village has 1,179 males and 1,145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purkhas has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

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

Purkhas covers 981.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Purkhas is Khairahi, about 11 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 Purkhas.

Purkhas is about 21 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purkhas is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 10 km away. Khairahi is about 11 km away. Sonbhadra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.