Puraina
Barharia block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841227
· village code 231502
Population 2011
2,920
Census of India
Population 2020
3,550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.6%
630 people · 2.2% a year
Households
495
+9.5% vs 452 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,920
Male / female
1,502 / 1,418
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
467
Literacy rate
65.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
244 / 0
Working population
624
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.7%
Households
452
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
182
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
72
Non-farm households
28
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 80 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhamopali panchayat, Barharia 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
₹20.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.21 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.07 lakh · received ₹6.86 lakh · spent ₹7.75 lakh · left ₹8.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.34 lakh · received ₹10.35 lakh · spent ₹17.49 lakh · left ₹4.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3230, 84.5208 —
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