Puraina
Chausa block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802114
· village code 248375
Population 2011
284
Census of India
Population 2020
345
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.5%
61 people · 2.2% a year
Households
45
+25.0% vs 36 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
284
Male / female
158 / 126
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
797
Children aged 0–6
36
Literacy rate
54.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
92
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.5%
Households
36
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
170 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
170 / 170 / 150
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sikraul panchayat, Chausa 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
₹27.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.51 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹39.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.13 lakh · received ₹6.58 lakh · spent ₹20.20 lakh · left ₹4.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.77 lakh · received ₹9.93 lakh · spent ₹19.68 lakh · left ₹1,941
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4955, 83.9000 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Buxar district ·
School
staffing across Buxar ·
…and across Bihar