About Purainia Village

Purainia is a mid sized village in Bihta tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,919, made up of 1,033 males and 886 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180 hectares hectares.

Purainia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purainia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Bihta
Area (hectares)	180 hectares
Population	1,919
Male Population	1,033
Female Population	886
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purainia compares

By the 2011 count Purainia is the 42nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,437 residents. Its 180 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

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 village. 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 17 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Gandhi Halt, about 1.6 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
Nearest railway station	Gandhi Halt	1.6 km
Nearest town	Khagaul	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bihta	10 km
District headquarters	Patna	17 km

Villages closest to Purainia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bihta 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 1,919. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,437 residents.

Purainia village has 1,033 males and 886 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purainia has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

Purainia covers 180 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purainia falls under Bihta tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purainia is Gandhi Halt, about 1.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Purainia.

Purainia is about 17 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purainia is in Bihta tehsil of Patna district. Gandhi Halt is about 1.6 km away. Khagaul is about 7.5 km away. Bihta is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.