Purainia
Narkatiaganj block · Pashchim Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845455
· village code 216649
Population 2011
3,538
Census of India
Population 2020
4,357
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.1%
819 people · 2.3% a year
Households
884
+35.4% vs 653 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,538
Male / female
1,831 / 1,707
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
932
Children aged 0–6
767
Literacy rate
49.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,230 / 144
Working population
1,116
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.6%
Households
653
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
705
Non-farm households
177
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
65 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
65 / 65 / 46
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purainiya Harsari panchayat, Narkatiaganj 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
₹11.45 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.43 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹30.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹82,276
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.07 lakh · received ₹7.74 lakh · spent ₹11.76 lakh · left ₹4,669
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.39 lakh · received ₹11.69 lakh · spent ₹18.30 lakh · left ₹77,607
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.0781, 84.4668 —
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