About Purakonda Village

Purakonda is a mid sized village in Barjora tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,238, made up of 668 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purakonda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purakonda village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Tehsil	Barjora
Pincode	722208
Area (hectares)	499.57 hectares
Population	1,238
Male Population	668
Female Population	570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purakonda compares

By the 2011 count Purakonda is the 42nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 976 residents. Its 499.57 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 945.

Getting to Purakonda

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

Purakonda lies about 17 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Ramsagar, about 8.4 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 Purakonda
Nearest railway station	Ramsagar	8.4 km
Nearest town	Bishnupur	14 km
District headquarters	Bankura	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barjora	33 km

Villages closest to Purakonda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purakonda village had a population of 1,238. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 976 residents.

Purakonda village has 668 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purakonda has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Purakonda is 722208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purakonda covers 499.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purakonda falls under Barjora tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purakonda is Ramsagar, about 8.4 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 Purakonda.

Purakonda is about 17 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purakonda is in Barjora tehsil of Bankura district. Ramsagar is about 8.4 km away. Bishnupur is about 14 km away. Bankura is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.