About Purwana Village

Purwana is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 74, made up of 33 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,242 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purwana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purwana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	43.57 hectares
Population	74
Male Population	33
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,242
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 Purwana compares

By the 2011 count Purwana is the 203rd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 43.57 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Purwana

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

Purwana lies about 12 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 15 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 Purwana
District headquarters	Garhwal	12 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	15 km

Villages closest to Purwana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purwana village had a population of 74. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Purwana village has 33 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purwana has about 1242 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Purwana is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purwana covers 43.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purwana falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Purwana is Kotdwara, about 15 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 Purwana.

Purwana is about 12 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purwana is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 12 km away. Kotdwāra is about 15 km away. Kotdwara is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.