Puraini
Basantpur block · Supaul
district, Bihar · PIN 854340
· village code 221016
Population 2011
823
Census of India
Population 2020
1,452
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+76.4%
629 people · 6.5% a year
Households
345
+88.5% vs 183 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
823
Male / female
420 / 403
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
960
Children aged 0–6
161
Literacy rate
45.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
298 / 0
Working population
401
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
54.1%
Households
183
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
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
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
280
Non-farm households
61
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
108 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
108 / 81 / 14
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Basantpur panchayat, Basantpur 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
₹83.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.99 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹64.36 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.88 lakh · received ₹7.97 lakh · spent ₹23.91 lakh · left ₹15.93 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹51.98 lakh · received ₹12.03 lakh · spent ₹15.59 lakh · left ₹48.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5045, 86.9996 —
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