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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Satish Singh Tiwari
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- LGD code
- 467527
- Pincode
- 486553
- Post office
- Gurh
- Population
- 3,020
- Households
- 741
- Literacy rate
- 59.5%
- Sex ratio
- 911 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,382
Census 2011 · in context
How Purwa compares
By population, Purwa ranks #10 of 133 villages in Gurh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.5%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Purwa
- 59.5%
- Gurh mandal
- 58.2%
- Rewa district
- 61.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
911
−31 vs mandal average
- Purwa
- 911
- Gurh mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
- Purwa
- 4.1
- Gurh mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purwa at a glance
Purwa is a village of 3,020 people in 741 households (Census 2011) in Gurh tehsil, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 10th-largest of 133 villages in Gurh tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 486553, served by Gurh post office; the LGD village code is 467527. The sarpanch is Satish Singh Tiwari , and the village votes in Nagod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nagendra Singh. The population is estimated at 3,561 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Purwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GURH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 381.53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 62.62
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Purwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Purwa
- LGD code
- 467527
- Pincode
- 486553
- Post office
- Gurh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,020
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,561
- Households
- 741
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 911
- Literacy rate
- 59.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nagod
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nagendra Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Satish Singh Tiwari
- Block / Mandal
- Gurh
- Nearest railway station
- Tikaria (67.8 km)
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)