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Bihar plans nine jaggery units in Muzaffarpur to support sugarcane farmers
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
rita devi
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- LGD code
- 228749
- Pincode
- 843128
- Post office
- Minapur
- Population
- 574
- Households
- 115
- Literacy rate
- 47.9%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 332
Census 2011 · in context
How Puraina compares
By population, Puraina ranks #127 of 155 villages in Minapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.9%
+3.8% vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 47.9%
- Minapur mandal
- 44.1%
- Muzaffarpur district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+93 vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 979
- Minapur mandal
- 886
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 5.0
- Minapur mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraina at a glance
Puraina is a village of 574 people in 115 households (Census 2011) in Minapur block, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, the 127th-largest of 155 villages in Minapur block. Literacy is 48%, 4 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 843128, served by Minapur post office; the LGD village code is 228749. The sarpanch is rita devi, and the village votes in Madhepura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandra Shekhar. The population is estimated at 677 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mahdeiya →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puraina · this village | 574 | 48% | — |
| Mahdaya · Minapur | 5,630 | 46% | — |
| Madhubani · Minapur | 2,108 | 36% | — |
| Tabibpur · Minapur | 1,610 | 29% | — |
| Raghopur Urf Damodarpur · Minapur | 1,101 | 37% | — |
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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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MUZAFFARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 36
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Piparaha Asali
- Total area (ha)
- 68
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50.4
- 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
- 228749
- Pincode
- 843128
- Post office
- Minapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 574
- Population (projected 2026)
- 677
- Households
- 115
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 47.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandra Shekhar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rita devi
- Block / Mandal
- Minapur
Same pincode
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Other villages in Minapur mandal
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- Kaili
- Piprahan Asli
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- Maksudpur
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)