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Puranpur

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Place details

Locality: Puranpur
Region: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Puranpur
Settlement.nickname: Tiger reserves
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Pilibhit
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: India
Located in: Pilibhit district
Area: +4
Elevation: +180
Time zone: UTC+05:30

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Puranpur is a town and a municipal board in Pilibhit district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Puranpur is divided into 25 wards with elections every 5 years. Due to dense Sikh population, the area is also known as Mini Punjab after the Partition of India 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 Sikhs migrated and settled in the Puranpur Region.