About Purara Village

Purara is a mid sized village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,016, made up of 477 males and 539 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263641, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Garud
Pincode	263641
Area (hectares)	173.3 hectares
Population	1,016
Male Population	477
Female Population	539
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,130
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purara compares

By the 2011 count Purara is the 12th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 173.3 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Purara

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

Purara lies about 2.9 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 70 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 Purara
Tehsil headquarters	Garud	2.9 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	2.9 km
Nearest town	Almora	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	70 km

Villages closest to Purara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purara village had a population of 1,016. That makes it the 12th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Purara village has 477 males and 539 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purara has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1174.

The pincode recorded for Purara is 263641. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purara covers 173.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purara falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Purara is Kathgodam, about 70 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 Purara.

Purara is about 2.9 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purara is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 2.9 km away. Bageshwar is about 2.9 km away. Almora is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.