About Purwana Village

Purwana is a small village in Jakholi tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 100 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purwana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purwana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Tehsil	Jakholi
Pincode	246141
Area (hectares)	63.78 hectares
Population	199
Male Population	100
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
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 105th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 464 residents. Its 63.78 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1247.

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 57 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 61 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
Tehsil headquarters	Jakholi	28 km
Nearest town	Almora	43 km
District headquarters	Rudraprayag	57 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	61 km

Villages closest to Purwana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jakholi 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 199. That makes it the 105th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 464 residents.

Purwana village has 100 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purwana has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1247.

The pincode recorded for Purwana is 246141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purwana covers 63.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purwana falls under Jakholi tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Purwana is Ramnagar, about 61 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 57 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purwana is in Jakholi tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Jakholi is about 28 km away. Almora is about 43 km away. Rudraprayag is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.