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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ASHOK DHOBI
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- LGD code
- 247884
- Pincode
- 802135
- Post office
- Simari
- Population
- 263
- Households
- 45
- Literacy rate
- 35%
- Sex ratio
- 892 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 119
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
पुरन्दरपुर की तुलना
By population, Purandarpur ranks #80 of 156 villages in Simri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
35.0%
−22.0% vs mandal average
- Purandarpur
- 35.0%
- Simri mandal
- 57.0%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
892
−17 vs mandal average
- Purandarpur
- 892
- Simri mandal
- 909
Household size
people per home
5.8
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Purandarpur
- 5.8
- Simri mandal
- 6.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
पुरन्दरपुर एक नज़र में
पुरन्दरपुर बिहार के बक्सर जिले के सिमरी ब्लॉक में 263 लोगों 45 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो सिमरी ब्लॉक के 156 गांवों में 80वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 35% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 57% से 22 अंक कम है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 892 महिलाएं। पिनकोड 802135 है, Simari डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 247884 है। सरपंच ASHOK DHOBI हैं, और गांव Mokama विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Anant Kumar Singh हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 912 है, 2011 जनगणना से 247% अधिक।
ग्राम पंचायत: Kathar →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · पुरन्दरपुर
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DUMRAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kathar
- Total area (ha)
- 77.89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42.96
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · पुरन्दरपुर
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
मुख्य तथ्य — पुरन्दरपुर
- LGD code
- 247884
- Pincode
- 802135
- Post office
- Simari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 263
- Population (projected 2026)
- 912
- Households
- 45
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 892
- Literacy rate
- 35.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mokama
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anant Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ASHOK DHOBI
- Block / Mandal
- Simri
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)