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RS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAM SEWAK PASWAN
Contact: 98****9815
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- LGD code
- 237426
- Pincode
- 848204
- Post office
- Garhpura
- Population
- 1,516
- Households
- 343
- Literacy rate
- 56.5%
- Sex ratio
- 853 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 472
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Purpathar താരതമ്യം
By population, Purpathar ranks #28 of 59 villages in Chhorahi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.5%
+5.2% vs mandal average
- Purpathar
- 56.5%
- Chhorahi mandal
- 51.3%
- Begusarai district
- 52.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
853
−67 vs mandal average
- Purpathar
- 853
- Chhorahi mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Purpathar
- 4.4
- Chhorahi mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purpathar ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Purpathar ബിഹാർയിലെ ബെഗുസരയ് ജില്ല, Chhorahi ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 1,516 പേർ 343 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Chhorahi ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 59 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 28-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 57%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 51% നേക്കാൾ 5 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 853 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 848204, Garhpura പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 237426. പ്രസിഡന്റ് RAM SEWAK PASWAN; ഗ്രാമം Saharsa നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Indrajeet Prasad Gupta. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 1,787, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Purpathar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ROSERA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- purpathar
- Total area (ha)
- 114
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 60
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Purpathar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Purpathar
- LGD code
- 237426
- Pincode
- 848204
- Post office
- Garhpura
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,516
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,787
- Households
- 343
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 853
- Literacy rate
- 56.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saharsa
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indrajeet Prasad Gupta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAM SEWAK PASWAN
- Block / Mandal
- Chhorahi
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
Villages sharing pincode 848204
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Purpathar
Chhorahi മണ്ഡലം മറ്റ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)