About Puraina Village

Puraina is a small village in Chausa tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 158 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176 hectares hectares.

Puraina Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puraina village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Chausa
Area (hectares)	176 hectares
Population	284
Male Population	158
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	797
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Puraina compares

By the 2011 count Puraina is the 52nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,850 residents. Its 176 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Puraina

Puraina is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Puraina as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Puraina from other places

Puraina lies about 7.5 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Nadaon, about 7.4 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 Puraina
Nearest railway station	Nadaon	7.4 km
District headquarters	Buxar	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chausa	19 km

Villages closest to Puraina

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chausa 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 Puraina

As per the Census of India 2011, Puraina village had a population of 284. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,850 residents.

Puraina village has 158 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puraina has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Puraina covers 176 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puraina falls under Chausa tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Puraina is Nadaon, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Puraina is about 7.5 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puraina is in Chausa tehsil of Buxar district. Nadaon is about 7.4 km away. Buxar is about 7.5 km away. Chausa is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.