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Rain deficit notwithstanding, Bihar achieves 99% paddy coverage
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Village snapshot
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VINOD NAT
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- LGD code
- 248375
- Pincode
- 802114
- Post office
- Chausa (Buxar)
- Population
- 284
- Households
- 36
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Sex ratio
- 797 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 92
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Puraina താരതമ്യം
By population, Puraina ranks #52 of 82 villages in Chausa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.6%
−4.3% vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 54.6%
- Chausa mandal
- 58.9%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
797
−119 vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 797
- Chausa mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
7.9
+1.3 vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 7.9
- Chausa mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraina ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Puraina Biharയിലെ Buxar ജില്ല, Chausa ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 284 പേർ 36 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Chausa ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 82 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 52-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 55%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 59% നേക്കാൾ 4 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 797 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 802114, Chausa (Buxar) പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 248375. പ്രസിഡന്റ് VINOD NAT; ഗ്രാമം Bachhwara നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Surendra Mehta. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 335, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Sikraul →
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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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BUXAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sikraur
- Total area (ha)
- 176
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 176
- 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.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Puraina
- LGD code
- 248375
- Pincode
- 802114
- Post office
- Chausa (Buxar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 284
- Population (projected 2026)
- 335
- Households
- 36
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 797
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bachhwara
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surendra Mehta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VINOD NAT
- Block / Mandal
- Chausa
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Chausa 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)