About Purnia Village

Purnia is a mid sized village in Khuntpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,579, made up of 780 males and 799 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purnia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purnia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Khuntpani
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	326 hectares
Population	1,579
Male Population	780
Female Population	799
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purnia compares

By the 2011 count Purnia is the 8th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 723 residents. Its 326 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Purnia

Purnia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purnia 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 Purnia from other places

Purnia lies about 17 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Barabambo, about 5.4 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	Barabambo	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khuntpani	7.0 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	14 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	17 km

Villages closest to Purnia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khuntpani 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 1,579. That makes it the 8th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 723 residents.

Purnia village has 780 males and 799 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purnia has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Purnia is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purnia covers 326 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purnia falls under Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Purnia is Barabambo, about 5.4 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 Purnia.

Purnia is about 17 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purnia is in Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Barabambo is about 5.4 km away. Khuntpani is about 7.0 km away. Chāībāsa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.