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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Purauna is a village in Jawa mandal, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 704 across 175 households with a literacy rate of 53.3%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Annu
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- LGD code
- 465320
- Pincode
- 486447
- Post office
- Patehara
- Population
- 704
- Households
- 175
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 329
- Distance to district centre
- 68 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 27 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 446 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 586 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dabhaura · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ajay Clinic · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Purauna compares
By population, Purauna ranks #99 of 264 villages in Jawa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.3%
−4.7% vs mandal average
- Purauna
- 53.3%
- Jawa mandal
- 58.0%
- Rewa district
- 61.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
+29 vs mandal average
- Purauna
- 950
- Jawa mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Purauna
- 4.0
- Jawa mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purauna at a glance
Purauna is a village of 704 people in 175 households (Census 2011) in Jawa tehsil, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 99th-largest of 264 villages in Jawa tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Rewa district centre, 25 km from Dabhaura railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486447, served by Patehara post office; the LGD village code is 465320. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ajay Clinic, 17 km away. The sarpanch is Annu, and the village votes in Semariya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abhay Mishra. The population is estimated at 830 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purauna · this village | 704 | 53% | — |
| Patehara · Hanumana | 5,983 | 54% | 1.6 km W |
| Jonha · Jawa | 1,598 | 58% | 2.6 km N |
| Puranikpurwa · Jawa | 0 | — | 3.2 km N |
| Puranikpurwa · Jawa | 469 | 65% | 3.2 km N |
| Hardahan · Jawa | 196 | 56% | 3.4 km NW |
| Rauli · Jawa | 1,010 | 59% | 4.2 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Purauna
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SIRMOUR
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 56
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 60.96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5.62
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Purauna
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Purauna
- LGD code
- 465320
- Pincode
- 486447
- Post office
- Patehara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 704
- Population (projected 2026)
- 830
- Households
- 175
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.91934°N, 81.41585°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rewa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Semariya
- Member of Parliament
- Janardan Mishra
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abhay Mishra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Annu
- Block / Mandal
- Jawa
- Nearest railway station
- Manikpur Junction (36.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Purauna
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal446 kmcapital
- Delhi586 km
- Kolkata754 km
- Hyderabad891 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDabhaura25 km
- Hospital / PHCAjay Clinic17 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Siddhi Vinayak Oil And Energy27 km
- CollegeIshawarDeen chhedilal Inter College55 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)