About Purainia Village

Purainia is a large village in Mainatanr tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,817, made up of 2,024 males and 1,793 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purainia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purainia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Mainatanr
Pincode	845306
Area (hectares)	350 hectares
Population	3,817
Male Population	2,024
Female Population	1,793
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purainia compares

By the 2011 count Purainia is the 8th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,059 residents. Its 350 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Purainia

Purainia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purainia as Available within 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 from other places

Purainia lies about 22 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Gokhula, about 9.5 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
Tehsil headquarters	Mainatanr	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Gokhula	9.5 km
Nearest town	Narkatiāganj	14 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	22 km

Villages closest to Purainia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purainia village had a population of 3,817. That makes it the 8th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,059 residents.

Purainia village has 2,024 males and 1,793 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purainia has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 916.

The pincode recorded for Purainia is 845306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purainia covers 350 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purainia falls under Mainatanr tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purainia is Gokhula, about 9.5 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 village for Purainia.

Purainia is about 22 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purainia is in Mainatanr tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Mainatanr is about 7.2 km away. Gokhula is about 9.5 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.