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Puraina Population - Pashchim Champaran, Bihar

Puraina is a medium size village located in Jogapatti Block of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar with total 184 families residing. The Puraina village has population of 1142 of which 603 are males while 539 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puraina village population of children with age 0-6 is 249 which makes up 21.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puraina village is 894 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Puraina as per census is 886, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Puraina village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Puraina village was 46.25 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Puraina Male literacy stands at 51.17 % while female literacy rate was 40.76 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Puraina village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Puraina village.

Puraina Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 1,142 603 539
Child (0-6) 249 132 117
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 48 23 25
Literacy 46.25 % 51.17 % 40.76 %
Total Workers 498 329 169
Main Worker 383 - -
Marginal Worker 115 69 46

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 4.20 % of total population in Puraina village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Puraina village of Pashchim Champaran.

Work Profile

In Puraina village out of total population, 498 were engaged in work activities. 76.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 498 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 375 were Agricultural labourer.