Lead story
18
September 2026
newsSTATE
Bihar may demand ₹250 cr from Centre as crop damage aid | Hindustan Times
Reported by Hindustan Times.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
suganti devi
Contact: 99****1332
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Puraina can update it.
- LGD code
- 231023
- Pincode
- 841427
- Post office
- Garhmanjha
- Population
- 1,940
- Households
- 318
- Literacy rate
- 44%
- Sex ratio
- 1144 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 428
Census 2011 · in context
How Puraina compares
By population, Puraina ranks #36 of 111 villages in Manjha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.0%
−8.1% vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 44.0%
- Manjha mandal
- 52.1%
- Gopalganj district
- 54.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,144
+94 vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 1,144
- Manjha mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
6.1
Same as the mandal average
- Puraina
- 6.1
- Manjha mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraina at a glance
Puraina is a village of 1,940 people in 318 households (Census 2011) in Manjha block, Gopalganj district, Bihar, the 36th-largest of 111 villages in Manjha block. Literacy is 44%, 8 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,144 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841427, served by Garhmanjha post office; the LGD village code is 231023. The sarpanch is suganti devi, and the village votes in Kalyanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sachindra Prasad Singh. The population is estimated at 2,287 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Puraina →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puraina · this village | 1,940 | 44% | — |
| Pathra · Manjha | 2,130 | 49% | — |
| Pathra · Manjha | 1,694 | 51% | — |
| Jhajhwa · Manjha | 1,153 | 58% | — |
| Diara Isapur · Manjha | 104 | 10% | — |
| Isapur Diara · Manjha | 0 | — | — |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Puraina
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- GOPALGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PURAINA
- Total area (ha)
- 159
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 144
- 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.
Key facts — Puraina
- LGD code
- 231023
- Pincode
- 841427
- Post office
- Garhmanjha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,940
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,287
- Households
- 318
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1144
- Literacy rate
- 44.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purvi Champaran
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kalyanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Radha Mohan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sachindra Prasad Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- suganti devi
- Block / Mandal
- Manjha
- Nearest bank
- SBI (7.5 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Chakia (7.5 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 841427
Same name, different place
Other villages named Puraina
Looking for a different Puraina? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Puraina →
- PurainaSikta · Pashchim Champaran, Bihar10,232 pop
- PurainaPayagpur · Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh3,890 pop
- PurainaLalganj · Vaishali, Bihar3,812 pop
- PurainaSheikhpura · Sheikhpura, Bihar3,802 pop
- PurainaMinapur · Muzaffarpur, Bihar3,719 pop
- PurainaShahnagar · Panna, Madhya Pradesh3,384 pop
- PurainaColonelganj · Gonda, Uttar Pradesh2,943 pop
- PurainaBarharia · Siwan, Bihar2,920 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Puraina
Other villages in Manjha mandal
View all 60+ →- Manjha
- Bhainsahi
- Koini
- Madhu Sarea
- Dharam Parsa
- Bathua
- Partappur
- Bangra
- Danapur
- Phulwaria
- Gausia
- Jagarnatha
- Mir Alipur
- Bhojpurwa
- Pithauri
- Sirampur Kolhua Pakar
- Paithan Patti
- Dumriya
- Mangraha
- Shahzadpur
- Pipra
- Karanpura
- Dhama Pakar
- Dhobaulia
- Chhabahi Taqi
- Purdil Tola
- Chhitauli
- Admapur
- Kapilaspur
- Lohjira
- Shekh Parsa
- Bhatwalia
- Pathra
- Pathan Patti
- Mujauna
- Bahora Tola
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)