About Purnahia Chandandih Village

Purnahia Chandandih is a large village in Purnahiya tehsil, in the district of Sheohar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,016, made up of 1,592 males and 1,424 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purnahia Chandandih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purnahia Chandandih village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sheohar
Tehsil	Purnahiya
Pincode	843334
Area (hectares)	138.7 hectares
Population	3,016
Male Population	1,592
Female Population	1,424
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purnahia Chandandih compares

By the 2011 count Purnahia Chandandih is the 14th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,536 residents. Its 138.7 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Purnahia Chandandih

Purnahia Chandandih is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purnahia Chandandih as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Purnahia Chandandih from other places

Purnahia Chandandih lies about 12 km from Sheohar, 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 Chandandih
Tehsil headquarters	Purnahiya	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Riga	10 km
District headquarters	Sheohar	12 km

Villages closest to Purnahia Chandandih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purnahia Chandandih village had a population of 3,016. That makes it the 14th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,536 residents.

Purnahia Chandandih village has 1,592 males and 1,424 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purnahia Chandandih has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Purnahia Chandandih is 843334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purnahia Chandandih covers 138.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purnahia Chandandih falls under Purnahiya tehsil of Sheohar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Purnahia Chandandih is Riga, about 10 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 village for Purnahia Chandandih.

Purnahia Chandandih is about 12 km from Sheohar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purnahia Chandandih is in Purnahiya tehsil of Sheohar district. Purnahiya is about under 2 km away. Riga is about 10 km away. Sheohar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Asogi Chhapra Dhani (24 km), Chhapra Jurawan (24 km) and Madan Chhapra (24 km).

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