About Puparia Village

Puparia is a mid sized village in Kasba tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 515, made up of 270 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309 hectares hectares.

Puparia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puparia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Kasba
Area (hectares)	309 hectares
Population	515
Male Population	270
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Puparia compares

By the 2011 count Puparia is the 49th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,700 residents. Its 309 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Puparia

Puparia 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 Puparia 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 Puparia from other places

Puparia lies about 7.3 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Purniya Junction, about 3.5 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 Puparia
Nearest railway station	Purniya Junction	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kasba	4.3 km
District headquarters	Purnia	7.3 km

Villages closest to Puparia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puparia village had a population of 515. That makes it the 49th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,700 residents.

Puparia village has 270 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puparia has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Puparia covers 309 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puparia falls under Kasba tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Puparia is Purniya Junction, about 3.5 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 Puparia.

Puparia is about 7.3 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puparia is in Kasba tehsil of Purnia district. Purniya Junction is about 3.5 km away. Kasba is about 4.3 km away. Purnia is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.