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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Abre Alam
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- LGD code
- 217220
- Pincode
- 845307
- Post office
- Sikta
- Population
- 10,232
- Households
- 1,807
- Literacy rate
- 36.7%
- Sex ratio
- 875 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 4,305
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Puraina ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Puraina ranks #4 of 61 villages in Sikta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.7%
−6.1% vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 36.7%
- Sikta mandal
- 42.8%
- Pashchim Champaran district
- 44.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
875
−23 vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 875
- Sikta mandal
- 898
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Puraina
- 5.7
- Sikta mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraina ఒక్క చూపులో
Puraina బీహార్లోని పశ్చిమ చంపారణ్ జిల్లా, Sikta బ్లాక్లో 10,232 జనాభా 1,807 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Sikta బ్లాక్లోని 61 గ్రామాలలో 4వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 37%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 43% కంటే 6 పాయింట్లు తక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 875 మహిళలు. పిన్కోడ్ 845307, Sikta పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 217220. సర్పంచ్ Abre Alam; గ్రామం Dhaka అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Faisal Rahman. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 12,064, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
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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
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BETTIAH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Puraina
- Total area (ha)
- 2,324.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,290.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.03
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.
ముఖ్య వివరాలు — Puraina
- LGD code
- 217220
- Pincode
- 845307
- Post office
- Sikta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 10,232
- Population (projected 2026)
- 12,064
- Households
- 1,807
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 875
- Literacy rate
- 36.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sheohar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhaka
- Member of Parliament
- Lovely Anand
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Faisal Rahman
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Abre Alam
- Block / Mandal
- Sikta
- Nearest railway station
- Kundwa Chainpur (7.0 km)
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)