Puraina
Sheikhpura block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811105
· village code 243989
Population 2011
3,802
Census of India
Population 2020
4,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.5%
398 people · 1.1% a year
Households
600
+20.5% vs 498 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,802
Male / female
2,009 / 1,793
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
892
Children aged 0–6
841
Literacy rate
45.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
773 / 3
Working population
1,172
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.9%
Households
498
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
700
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
175
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
368
Non-farm households
226
Share of households farming, 2020
62%
Net sown area
411 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
360 / 411 / 26
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Puraina panchayat, Sheikhpura 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
₹8.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.54 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.32 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.32 lakh · received ₹7.39 lakh · spent ₹6.48 lakh · left ₹3.22 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.24 lakh · received ₹11.15 lakh · spent ₹17.29 lakh · left ₹10,092
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1351, 85.8599 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Sheikhpura district ·
School
staffing across Sheikhpura ·
…and across Bihar