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- LGD code
- 225067
- Pincode
- 854317
- Post office
- Barsoighat
- Population
- 1,653
- Households
- 363
- Literacy rate
- 37.1%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 433
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
पुअल की तुलना
By population, Pual ranks #73 of 231 villages in Barsoi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.1%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Pual
- 37.1%
- Barsoi mandal
- 35.0%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
−11 vs mandal average
- Pual
- 909
- Barsoi mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Pual
- 4.6
- Barsoi mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
पुअल एक नज़र में
पुअल बिहार के कटिहार जिले के बरसोइ ब्लॉक में 1,653 लोगों 363 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो बरसोइ ब्लॉक के 231 गांवों में 73वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 37% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 35% से 2 अंक अधिक है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 909 महिलाएं। पिनकोड 854317 है, Barsoighat डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 225067 है। गांव Purnia विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, विधायक Vijay Kumar Khemka हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 1,949 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · पुअल
- 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
- RAIGANJ (WB)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BELWA DANGI
- Total area (ha)
- 176
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 101
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य तथ्य — पुअल
- LGD code
- 225067
- Pincode
- 854317
- Post office
- Barsoighat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,653
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,949
- Households
- 363
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 37.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Khemka
- Block / Mandal
- Barsoi
एक ही पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 854317
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as पुअल
बरसोइ मंडल के अन्य गांव
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- Bansgaon
- Molnapara
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- Lagwan
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- Bahrakhar
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- Jathar
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- Bariol
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)