By population, Puria ranks #70 of 231 villages in Barsoi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puria is a village of 1,710 people in 360 households (Census 2011) in Barsoi block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 70th-largest of 231 villages in Barsoi block. Literacy is 41%, 6 points above the block average of 35% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 855102, served by Barsoi post office; the LGD village code is 224971. The village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 2,016 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhawanipur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puria · this village | 1,710 | 41% | — |
| Bhawanipur · Barsoi | 2,428 | 30% | — |
| Malikpur · Barsoi | 1,578 | 40% | — |
| Goaltoli · Barsoi | 1,346 | 35% | — |
| Bhawanipur · Barsoi | 1,179 | 21% | — |
| Nisarpatti · Barsoi | 1,164 | 39% | — |
| Shamashpur · Barsoi | 985 | 41% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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