About Puraina Village

Puraina is a mid sized village in Jogapatti tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,142, made up of 603 males and 539 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41 hectares hectares.

Puraina Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puraina village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Jogapatti
Area (hectares)	41 hectares
Population	1,142
Male Population	603
Female Population	539
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puraina compares

By the 2011 count Puraina is the 65th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents. Its 41 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

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 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 Puraina from other places

Puraina lies about 12 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kumarbagh, about 11 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
Tehsil headquarters	Jogapatti	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Kumarbagh	11 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	12 km
Nearest town	Bettiah	14 km

Villages closest to Puraina

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jogapatti 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 1,142. That makes it the 65th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents.

Puraina village has 603 males and 539 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puraina has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

Puraina covers 41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Puraina falls under Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Puraina is Kumarbagh, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Puraina.

Puraina is about 12 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puraina is in Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Jogapatti is about 5.6 km away. Kumarbagh is about 11 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.