About Purnahia Village

Purnahia is a large village in Bathnaha tehsil, in the district of Sitamarhi, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,646, made up of 1,402 males and 1,244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purnahia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purnahia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sitamarhi
Tehsil	Bathnaha
Pincode	843302
Area (hectares)	194.12 hectares
Population	2,646
Male Population	1,402
Female Population	1,244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
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 Purnahia compares

By the 2011 count Purnahia is the 32nd largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,089 residents. Its 194.12 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Purnahia

Purnahia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Purnahia 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 Purnahia from other places

Purnahia lies about 16 km from Sitamarhi, 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
District headquarters	Sitamarhi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bathnaha	25 km

Villages closest to Purnahia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bathnaha 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 2,646. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,089 residents.

Purnahia village has 1,402 males and 1,244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purnahia has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Purnahia is 843302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purnahia covers 194.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purnahia falls under Bathnaha tehsil of Sitamarhi 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 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 Purnahia.

Purnahia is about 16 km from Sitamarhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purnahia is in Bathnaha tehsil of Sitamarhi district. Riga is about 10 km away. Sheohar is about 12 km away. Sitamarhi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.