About Purwala Village

Purwala is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 441, made up of 219 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249192, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purwala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Narendranagar
Pincode	249192
Area (hectares)	136.72 hectares
Population	441
Male Population	219
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purwala compares

By the 2011 count Purwala is the 43rd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 136.72 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 1109.

Getting to Purwala

Purwala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purwala as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Pipaleth, Pipri, Pokhari and Pokhkri. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Purwala

As per the Census of India 2011, Purwala village had a population of 441. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Purwala village has 219 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purwala has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Purwala is 249192. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purwala covers 136.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purwala falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Purwala notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purwala.

Purwala is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.