About Purainiyan Village

Purainiyan is a small village in Nawanagar tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 258, made up of 148 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 743 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares.

Purainiyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purainiyan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Nawanagar
Area (hectares)	55 hectares
Population	258
Male Population	148
Female Population	110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	743
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purainiyan compares

By the 2011 count Purainiyan is the 84th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,775 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Purainiyan

Purainiyan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purainiyan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purainiyan from other places

Purainiyan lies about 27 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Baruna, about 22 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 Purainiyan
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanagar	9.2 km
Nearest town	Dumraon	20 km
Nearest railway station	Baruna	22 km
District headquarters	Buxar	27 km

Villages closest to Purainiyan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purainiyan village had a population of 258. That makes it the 84th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,775 residents.

Purainiyan village has 148 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purainiyan has about 743 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Purainiyan covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purainiyan falls under Nawanagar tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purainiyan is Baruna, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance for Purainiyan.

Purainiyan is about 27 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purainiyan is in Nawanagar tehsil of Buxar district. Nawanagar is about 9.2 km away. Dumraon is about 20 km away. Baruna is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.