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About Puraina Village

Puraina is one of the larger villages in Sikta tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10,232, made up of 5,457 males and 4,775 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2324.35 hectares hectares.

Puraina Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puraina village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Sikta
Area (hectares) 2324.35 hectares
Population 10,232
Male Population 5,457
Female Population 4,775
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Puraina compares

By the 2011 count Puraina is the 4th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents. Its 2324.35 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Puraina

Puraina is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Puraina as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 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
Nearest railway station Kumarbagh 11 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 12 km
Nearest town Bettiah 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikta 17 km

Villages closest to Puraina

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

Common questions about Puraina

As per the Census of India 2011, Puraina village had a population of 10,232. That makes it the 4th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents.

Puraina village has 5,457 males and 4,775 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puraina has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Puraina covers 2324.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puraina falls under Sikta 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 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 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 Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Kumarbagh is about 11 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 12 km away. Bettiah is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patkhaulia (3.4 km), Parsa (6.6 km) and Mathia (7.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Puraina today is likely to be higher.

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