Puraini
Mayurhand block · Chatra
district, Jharkhand · PIN 825408
· village code 349117
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 429 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,500 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
429
Male / female
218 / 211
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
53
Literacy rate
65.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
114 / 0
Working population
140
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.0%
Households
83
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Husia panchayat, Mayurhand 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
₹11.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.32 lakh
Received directly
₹2.10 lakh
Spent
₹12.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.61 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.65 lakh · received ₹4.13 lakh · spent ₹2.53 lakh · left ₹9.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.46 lakh · received ₹6.19 lakh · spent ₹10.38 lakh · left ₹1.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2681, 85.1914 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Chatra district ·
School
staffing across Chatra ·
…and across Jharkhand