Puranpur is a town and a

municipal board A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

Pilibhit district Pilibhit district () is one of the 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts in the States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh in India, and Pilibhit, Pilibhit city is the district headquarters. Pilibhit district is a part of Bareill ...

in the Indian

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Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

. Puranpur is divided into 25 wards with elections every 5 years. Due to dense Sikh population, the area is also known as Mini

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

after the

Partition of India The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Dominion of India, Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Paki ...

in 1947.

Demographics

According to Census 2011, primary population is Hindu, followed by Muslims and Christians. After independence and Partition of India the large numbers of

Sikh Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Si ...

s migrated and settled in the Puranpur Region. Puranpur has a population of 40,007 of which 20,924 are males while 19,083 are females. Children from 0-6 is 4,695, 11.74 % of total population. The female sex ratio is of 912 against state average of 912. The child sex ratio is around 892 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The literacy rate is 69.65 %, higher than state average of 67.68 %. Male literacy is around 75.77 % while the female literacy rate is 62.95 %.

Languages

* Hindi * Punjabi * Urdu * English

Transport

Bus

Puranpur is well connected with

Pilibhit Pilibhit () is a city and a municipal board in Pilibhit district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Pilibhit is the north-easternmost district of Bareilly division, situated in the Rohilkhand region of the sub- Himalayan Plateau ...

, Delhi, Lucknow and Bareilly by State Transport

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buses. Some

AC Shatabdi buses run from Puranpur to Delhi, Lucknow.

Rail

Puranpur railway station is on the Aishbagh-Bareilly-Kasganj section. The station is under the administrative control of the North Eastern Railways. The line is undergoing conversion to broad gauge.

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Pilibhit district