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- LGD code
- 91260
- Pincode
- 306902
- Post office
- Sumerpur
- Population
- 3,359
- Households
- 678
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Sex ratio
- 983 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,311
- Distance to district centre
- 56 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 20 km
- Distance to Jaipur
- 336 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 563 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jawai Bandh · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Prakash · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Purara compares
By population, Purara ranks #14 of 68 villages in Sumerpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.6%
+1.9% vs mandal average
- Purara
- 53.6%
- Sumerpur mandal
- 51.7%
- Pali district
- 53.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
983
−35 vs mandal average
- Purara
- 983
- Sumerpur mandal
- 1,018
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Purara
- 5.0
- Sumerpur mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purara at a glance
Purara is a village of 3,359 people in 678 households (Census 2011) in Sumerpur tehsil, Pali district, Rajasthan, the 14th-largest of 68 villages in Sumerpur tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Pali district centre, 28 km from Nana, the nearest town, 12 km from Jawai Bandh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 306902, served by Sumerpur post office; the LGD village code is 91260. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The village votes in Sumerpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Joraram Kumawat. The population is estimated at 3,960 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Purara
- LGD code
- 91260
- Pincode
- 306902
- Post office
- Sumerpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,359
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,960
- Households
- 678
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 983
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.16486°N, 73.04518°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Pali
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sumerpur
- Member of Parliament
- P. P. Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Joraram Kumawat
- Block / Mandal
- Sumerpur
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Prakash (1.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Purara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Jaipur336 kmcapital
- Delhi563 km
- Mumbai677 km
- Hyderabad1032 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJawai Bandh12 km
- Bus stopRSRTC Bus Station3 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Prakash1 km
- ATM / bankTakhatgarh18 km
- Petrol pumpHP3 km
- Police stationPolice Station Pindwara41 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Dr. Prakash1.2 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Purara
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Shree Abhinav Mahavir DhamTemple2.9 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)