About Purnia Village

Purnia is a mid sized village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 790, made up of 386 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purnia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purnia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	814102
Area (hectares)	245 hectares
Population	790
Male Population	386
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
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 Purnia compares

By the 2011 count Purnia is the 50th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 245 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Purnia

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

Purnia lies about 30 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Kurmahat, about 2.5 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 Purnia
Nearest railway station	Kurmahat	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	13 km
District headquarters	Dumka	30 km

Villages closest to Purnia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purnia village had a population of 790. That makes it the 50th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Purnia village has 386 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purnia has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Purnia is 814102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purnia covers 245 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purnia falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purnia is Kurmahat, about 2.5 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 Purnia.

Purnia is about 30 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purnia is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Kurmahat is about 2.5 km away. Ramgarh is about 13 km away. Dumka is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.