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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VEERU KUMAR SINGH
Contact: 94****6717
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- LGD code
- 248073
- Pincode
- 802115
- Post office
- Chaugai
- Population
- 517
- Households
- 76
- Literacy rate
- 24.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1219 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 220
২০১১ জনগণনা · তুলনায়
Puraina তুলনায়
By population, Puraina ranks #18 of 23 villages in Chaugain mandal.
Literacy rate
%
24.4%
−32.8% vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 24.4%
- Chaugain mandal
- 57.2%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,219
+271 vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 1,219
- Chaugain mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
6.8
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 6.8
- Chaugain mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraina এক নজরে
Puraina বিহার-এর বক্সার জেলার Chaugain ব্লক-এ 517 জনসংখ্যা 76 পরিবারে (২০১১ জনগণনা) বিশিষ্ট একটি গ্রাম, Chaugain ব্লক-এর 23 গ্রামের মধ্যে 18তম বৃহত্তম। সাক্ষরতা 24%, ব্লক গড় 57% থেকে 33 পয়েন্ট কম এবং লিঙ্গ অনুপাত প্রতি ১,০০০ পুরুষে 1,219 নারী। পিনকোড 802115, Chaugai ডাকঘরের অধীনে; এলজিডি গ্রাম কোড 248073। প্রধান VEERU KUMAR SINGH; গ্রামটি Brahampur বিধানসভা কেন্দ্রে, বিধায়ক Shambhu Nath Yadav। ২০২৬-এ আনুমানিক জনসংখ্যা 610, ২০১১ থেকে 18% বেশি।
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Puraina
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DUMRAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Nachap
- Total area (ha)
- 86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 86
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Puraina
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
মূল তথ্য — Puraina
- LGD code
- 248073
- Pincode
- 802115
- Post office
- Chaugai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 517
- Population (projected 2026)
- 610
- Households
- 76
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1219
- Literacy rate
- 24.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Buxar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Brahampur
- Member of Parliament
- Sudhakar Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shambhu Nath Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VEERU KUMAR SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Chaugain
একই পিনকোড
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Chaugain মণ্ডল-এর অন্যান্য গ্রাম
View all 22 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)