Puraina
Sikta block · Pashchim Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845307
· village code 217220
Population 2011
10,232
Census of India
Population 2020
11,510
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.5%
1,278 people · 1.3% a year
Households
2,700
+49.4% vs 1,807 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
10,232
Male / female
5,457 / 4,775
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
875
Children aged 0–6
2,290
Literacy rate
36.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
857 / 5
Working population
4,305
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.8%
Households
1,807
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
420
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,130
Non-farm households
533
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Puraina panchayat, Sikta 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
₹29.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.83 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.26 lakh · received ₹7.90 lakh · spent ₹17.48 lakh · left ₹6.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.12 lakh · received ₹11.93 lakh · spent ₹19.66 lakh · left ₹5.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.9189, 84.6494 —
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