Country India District Pilibhit PIN 262122 Elevation 180 m Area code 5880 | State Uttar Pradesh Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 5880 Population 19,042 (2011) Local time Thursday 3:08 PM | |
Weather 38°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 21% Humidity Neighborhoods Ashok Colony, Ward No-20 Moh, Gandhi Market, Madina nagar | ||
Puranpur Hindi: पूरनपुर (Punjabi: ਪੂਰਨਪੁਰ ) is a town and a municipal board in Pilibhit district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. After independence and Partition of India the large numbers of Sikhs migrated and settled in the Puranpur Region. Due to dense Sikh population and their lifestyle, The area is also known as Mini Punjab as after Partition of India in 1947.
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Map of Puranpur, Uttar Pradesh 262122
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Puranpur had a population of 37,233. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Puranpur has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average rate of 59.5% in which male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 46%. In Puranpur, 15% of the population is under 6 years old.
Language Spoken
NGO List
TWCS society working for TIGER PROTECTION in this area