About Puranakalan Village

Puranakalan is a mid sized village in Robertsganj tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 383 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157.77 hectares hectares.

Puranakalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puranakalan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Robertsganj
Area (hectares)	157.77 hectares
Population	722
Male Population	383
Female Population	339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puranakalan compares

By the 2011 count Puranakalan is the 274th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents. Its 157.77 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Puranakalan

Puranakalan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Puranakalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Puranakalan from other places

Puranakalan lies about 21 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Churk, 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 Puranakalan
Nearest railway station	Churk	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Robertsganj	21 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	21 km

Villages closest to Puranakalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puranakalan village had a population of 722. That makes it the 274th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents.

Puranakalan village has 383 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puranakalan has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Puranakalan covers 157.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puranakalan falls under Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puranakalan is Churk, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Puranakalan.

Puranakalan 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.

Puranakalan is in Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Churk is about 18 km away. Robertsganj is about 21 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.