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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Puraini is a village in Basantpur mandal, Supaul district, Bihar with a population of 823 in 183 households and a literacy rate of 45.9%. Located at 25.596°N, 86.988°E, the village has PIN code 854340.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NEHA MAUSAM KHERWAR
Contact: 94****2595
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- LGD code
- 221016
- Pincode
- 854340
- Post office
- Birpur (Supaul)
- Population
- 823
- Households
- 183
- Literacy rate
- 45.9%
- Sex ratio
- 960 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 401
- Distance to district centre
- 85 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 70 km
- Distance to Patna
- 186 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 364 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bihariganj · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SDH Dhamdaha · 24 km
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Puraini ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Puraini ranks #59 of 94 villages in Basantpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.9%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Puraini
- 45.9%
- Basantpur mandal
- 44.8%
- Supaul district
- 46.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
960
+29 vs mandal average
- Puraini
- 960
- Basantpur mandal
- 931
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Puraini
- 4.5
- Basantpur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraini ఒక్క చూపులో
Puraini బీహార్లోని సుపావుల్ జిల్లా, Basantpur బ్లాక్లో 823 జనాభా 183 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Basantpur బ్లాక్లోని 94 గ్రామాలలో 59వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 46%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 45% కంటే 1 పాయింట్లు ఎక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 960 మహిళలు. ఇది సుపావుల్ జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 85 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Kishanganj నుండి 11 కి.మీ, Bihariganj రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 15 కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 854340, Birpur (Supaul) పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 221016. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం SDH Dhamdaha, 24 కి.మీ దూరంలో. సర్పంచ్ NEHA MAUSAM KHERWAR; గ్రామం Pipra అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Rambilash Kamat. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 970, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
గ్రామ పంచాయతీ: Basantpur →
సమీప గ్రామాల పోలిక
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Puraini
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIRPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BASANTPUR.
- Total area (ha)
- 131
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Puraini
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
ముఖ్య వివరాలు — Puraini
- LGD code
- 221016
- Pincode
- 854340
- Post office
- Birpur (Supaul)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 823
- Population (projected 2026)
- 970
- Households
- 183
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 960
- Literacy rate
- 45.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.59606°N, 86.98771°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Supaul
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pipra
- Member of Parliament
- Dileshwar Kamait
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rambilash Kamat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NEHA MAUSAM KHERWAR
- Block / Mandal
- Basantpur
చేరుకోవడం
Puraini ఎలా చేరుకోవాలి
నగరాలకు దూరం · సరళ రేఖ
- Patna186 kmcapital
- Kolkata364 km
- Delhi1024 km
- Hyderabad1267 km
రకం వారీగా సమీపం · ప్రాంతంలో ఎక్కడైనా
- Railway stationBihariganj15 km
- Hospital / PHCSDH Dhamdaha24 km
- ATM / banksbi31 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil33 km
- CollegePhysics Wallah38 km
- Police stationPolish station40 km
అదే పిన్కోడ్
Villages sharing pincode 854340
- KataiaBasantpur mandal6,971 pop
- KusaharBasantpur mandal5,905 pop
- KochgawanBasantpur mandal5,396 pop
- BasantpurBasantpur mandal5,143 pop
- Hirde NagarBasantpur mandal5,118 pop
- Banaili PattiBasantpur mandal4,853 pop
- PiprahigotBasantpur mandal4,787 pop
- NirmaliBasantpur mandal4,774 pop
- BalbhadarpurBasantpur mandal4,623 pop
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- Banaili Patti
- Piprahigot
- Nirmali
- Balbhadarpur
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- Kamatpur
- Ratanpur
- Lalpur
- Parmanandpur
- Parsa
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- Lalpurgot
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)