About Purainiya Village

Purainiya is a small village in Robertsganj tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 210, made up of 115 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.72 hectares hectares.

Purainiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purainiya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Robertsganj
Area (hectares)	85.72 hectares
Population	210
Male Population	115
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	826
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 Purainiya compares

By the 2011 count Purainiya is the 576th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents. Its 85.72 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Purainiya

Purainiya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Purainiya 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 Purainiya from other places

Purainiya lies about 26 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 6.8 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 Purainiya
Nearest railway station	Lusa	6.8 km
Nearest town	Ahraura	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Robertsganj	26 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	26 km

Villages closest to Purainiya

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 Purainiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Purainiya village had a population of 210. That makes it the 576th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents.

Purainiya village has 115 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purainiya has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Purainiya covers 85.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Purainiya is Lusa, about 6.8 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 Purainiya.

Purainiya is about 26 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purainiya is in Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Lusa is about 6.8 km away. Ahraura is about 20 km away. Robertsganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.