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- LGD code
- 40139
- Pincode
- 249185
- Post office
- Purola
- Population
- 2,394
- Households
- 586
- Literacy rate
- 73.1%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 816
Census 2011 · in context
How Purola compares
By population, Purola ranks #1 of 84 villages in Puraula mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
73.1%
+10.0% vs mandal average
- Purola
- 73.1%
- Puraula mandal
- 63.1%
- Uttar Kashi district
- 65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
−27 vs mandal average
- Purola
- 948
- Puraula mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
4.1
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Purola
- 4.1
- Puraula mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purola at a glance
Purola is a village of 2,394 people in 586 households (Census 2011) in Puraula tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the largest of 84 villages in Puraula tehsil. Literacy is 73%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 249185, served by Purola post office; the LGD village code is 40139. The village votes in Purola assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durgeshwar Lal. The population is estimated at 2,823 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Purola
- LGD code
- 40139
- Pincode
- 249185
- Post office
- Purola
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,394
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,823
- Households
- 586
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 73.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purola
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Durgeshwar Lal
- Block / Mandal
- Puraula
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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