Puraina
Mainatand block · Pashchim Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845451
· village code 216493
Population 2011
2,189
Census of India
Population 2020
2,253
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.9%
64 people · 0.3% a year
Households
394
+4.8% vs 376 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,189
Male / female
1,152 / 1,037
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
900
Children aged 0–6
484
Literacy rate
35.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
92 / 728
Working population
823
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.1%
Households
376
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
176
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
35
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 100 / 20
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chowhata panchayat, Mainatand zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹28.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.19 lakh
Received directly
₹16.06 lakh
Spent
₹40.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.59 lakh · received ₹7.64 lakh · spent ₹13.55 lakh · left ₹15.74 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.72 lakh · received ₹11.54 lakh · spent ₹26.72 lakh · left ₹7.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.0991, 84.6435 —
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