Puraina
Chougain block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802134
· village code 248073
Population 2011
517
Census of India
Population 2020
617
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.3%
100 people · 2.0% a year
Households
617
+711.8% vs 76 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
517
Male / female
233 / 284
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,219
Children aged 0–6
147
Literacy rate
24.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
220
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
76
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
110
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
55
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
4
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 50 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nachap panchayat, Chougain 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
₹28.47 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.62 lakh
Received directly
₹40,649
Spent
₹38.67 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.53 lakh · received ₹5.83 lakh · spent ₹11.99 lakh · left ₹2.64 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.93 lakh · received ₹8.80 lakh · spent ₹26.69 lakh · left ₹2.18 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5298, 84.2531 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Buxar district ·
School
staffing across Buxar ·
…and across Bihar