About Purainia Shekha Village

Purainia Shekha is a large village in Karpi tehsil, in the district of Arwal, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,133, made up of 1,134 males and 999 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 804426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purainia Shekha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purainia Shekha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Arwal
Tehsil	Karpi
Pincode	804426
Area (hectares)	92 hectares
Population	2,133
Male Population	1,134
Female Population	999
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purainia Shekha compares

By the 2011 count Purainia Shekha is the 27th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,379 residents. Its 92 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Purainia Shekha

Purainia Shekha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purainia Shekha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purainia Shekha from other places

Purainia Shekha lies about 25 km from Arwal, and the nearest railway station is Hasan Bazar, about 20 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Purainia Shekha
Nearest town	Daudnagar	12 km
Nearest railway station	Hasan Bazar	20 km
District headquarters	Arwal	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karpi	28 km

Villages closest to Purainia Shekha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karpi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Purainia Shekha

As per the Census of India 2011, Purainia Shekha village had a population of 2,133. That makes it the 27th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,379 residents.

Purainia Shekha village has 1,134 males and 999 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purainia Shekha has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Purainia Shekha is 804426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purainia Shekha covers 92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purainia Shekha falls under Karpi tehsil of Arwal district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purainia Shekha is Hasan Bazar, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Purainia Shekha.

Purainia Shekha is about 25 km from Arwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purainia Shekha is in Karpi tehsil of Arwal district. Daudnagar is about 12 km away. Hasan Bazar is about 20 km away. Arwal is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.