About Purnia Village

Purnia is a mid sized village in Tantnagar tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,058, made up of 506 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.52 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	Tantnagar
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	272.52 hectares
Population	1,058
Male Population	506
Female Population	552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,091
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 21st largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 847 residents. Its 272.52 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

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 34 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Jhinkpani, about 15 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
Tehsil headquarters	Tantnagar	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Jhinkpani	15 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	19 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	34 km

Villages closest to Purnia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tantnagar 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 1,058. That makes it the 21st largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 847 residents.

Purnia village has 506 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purnia has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

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

Purnia covers 272.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Purnia is Jhinkpani, about 15 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 34 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 Tantnagar tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Tantnagar is about 4.5 km away. Jhinkpani is about 15 km away. Chāībāsa is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.