By population, Purda ranks #30 of 63 villages in Manjhari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purda is a village of 959 people in 189 households (Census 2011) in Manjhari block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 30th-largest of 63 villages in Manjhari block. Literacy is 32%, 7 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,062 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the West Singhbhum district centre, 29 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 6 km from Gourinathdham railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833201, served by Bari Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 378228. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Baramasya, 8 km away. The sarpanch is KAVITA KUNKAL, and the village votes in Ichagarh assembly constituency, represented by Sabita Mahato. The population is estimated at 2,024 in 2026, up 111% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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