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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
VP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VINAY PRAKASH CHOUDHARY
Contact: 94****8050
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- LGD code
- 251247
- Pincode
- 802212
- Post office
- Bikramganj
- Population
- 269
- Households
- 41
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Sex ratio
- 868 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 67
Census 2011 · in context
How Purandarpur compares
By population, Purandarpur ranks #70 of 100 villages in Bikramganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.8%
−9.5% vs mandal average
- Purandarpur
- 52.8%
- Bikramganj mandal
- 62.3%
- Rohtas district
- 60.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
868
−43 vs mandal average
- Purandarpur
- 868
- Bikramganj mandal
- 911
Household size
people per home
6.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Purandarpur
- 6.6
- Bikramganj mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purandarpur at a glance
Purandarpur is a village of 269 people in 41 households (Census 2011) in Bikramganj block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 70th-largest of 100 villages in Bikramganj block. Literacy is 53%, 10 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 868 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802212, served by Bikramganj post office; the LGD village code is 251247. The sarpanch is VINAY PRAKASH CHOUDHARY, and the village votes in Jahanabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rahul Sharma. The population is estimated at 912 in 2026, up 239% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ghusiya Khurd →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purandarpur · this village | 269 | 53% | — |
| Reriya · Bikramganj | 2,004 | 59% | — |
| Ghosiya Khurd · Bikramganj | 1,233 | 67% | — |
| Kanda Dih · Bikramganj | 1,041 | 54% | — |
| Dehri Udai · Bikramganj | 664 | 58% | — |
| Balchanwan · Bikramganj | 547 | 51% | — |
| Sahejani · Bikramganj | 294 | 61% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Purandarpur
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIKRAMGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ghosiya Khurd
- Total area (ha)
- 131
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 125
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Purandarpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Purandarpur
- LGD code
- 251247
- Pincode
- 802212
- Post office
- Bikramganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 269
- Population (projected 2026)
- 912
- Households
- 41
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 868
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jahanabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jahanabad
- Member of Parliament
- Surendra Prasad Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rahul Sharma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VINAY PRAKASH CHOUDHARY
- Block / Mandal
- Bikramganj
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)