About Puraina Village

Puraina is a mid sized village in Thakrahan tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 602, made up of 323 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 953 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845452, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puraina Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puraina village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Thakrahan
Pincode	845452
Area (hectares)	953 hectares
Population	602
Male Population	323
Female Population	279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puraina compares

By the 2011 count Puraina is the 5th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,277 residents. Its 953 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 841.

Getting to Puraina

Puraina is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Puraina as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 24 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Gauri Sriram, about 14 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	Thakrahan	12 km
Nearest railway station	Gauri Sriram	14 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	24 km
Nearest town	Padrauna	26 km

Villages closest to Puraina

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thakrahan 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 602. That makes it the 5th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,277 residents.

Puraina village has 323 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puraina has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 841.

The pincode recorded for Puraina is 845452. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puraina covers 953 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Puraina is Gauri Sriram, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Puraina.

Puraina is about 24 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 Thakrahan tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Thakrahan is about 12 km away. Gauri Sriram is about 14 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.