Purainia Shekha
Kapri block · Arwal
district, Bihar · PIN 804426
· village code 260732
Population 2011
2,133
Census of India
Population 2020
1,570
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-26.4%
-563 people · -3.3% a year
Households
314
-6.0% vs 334 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,133
Male / female
1,134 / 999
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
881
Children aged 0–6
361
Literacy rate
58.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
173 / 0
Working population
941
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.1%
Households
334
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
225
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
22
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purainiya Shekha Panchayat panchayat, Karpi 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
₹13.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.47 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.48 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.00 lakh · received ₹4.17 lakh · spent ₹8.57 lakh · left ₹60,385
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.23 lakh · received ₹6.30 lakh · spent ₹12.91 lakh · left ₹1.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2252, 84.7881 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Arwal district ·
School
staffing across Arwal ·
…and across Bihar