About Purnahia Village

Purnahia is one of the larger villages in Ghorasahan tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,214, made up of 4,939 males and 4,275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 566 hectares hectares.

Purnahia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purnahia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Ghorasahan
Area (hectares)	566 hectares
Population	9,214
Male Population	4,939
Female Population	4,275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Purnahia compares

By the 2011 count Purnahia is the 6th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents. Its 566 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Purnahia

Purnahia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Purnahia 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purnahia from other places

Purnahia lies about 50 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Riga, about 10 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 Purnahia
Nearest railway station	Riga	10 km
Nearest town	Sheohar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorasahan	30 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	50 km

Villages closest to Purnahia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purnahia village had a population of 9,214. That makes it the 6th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents.

Purnahia village has 4,939 males and 4,275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purnahia has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Purnahia covers 566 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purnahia falls under Ghorasahan tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purnahia is Riga, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Purnahia.

Purnahia is about 50 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purnahia is in Ghorasahan tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Riga is about 10 km away. Sheohar is about 12 km away. Ghorasahan is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.