Village · Katoria, Banka
# Tola Puranchih

Tola Puranchih is a village in Katoria sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 153 people in 31 households, the 239th largest of 315 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.2%.
- 153 people (2011)
- 31 households
- 77.5% literacy
- 866 females per 1,000 males

## Tola Puranchih PIN code and other codes

Tola Puranchih falls in Katoria sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Damodara
- Community development block Katoria
- Census village code 242109

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Tola Puranchih from nearby towns?
- Katoria (sub-district HQ) 25 km by road
- Banka (district HQ) 33 km by road
- Banka (nearest town) 33 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Tola Puranchih?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Tola Puranchih; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● National highway In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school 5–10 km · Bahwamor
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Katoria
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Banka
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tola Puranchih known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 39% of the 83 hectares of village land is sown, and 13 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Tola Puranchih

Of every 100 households in Tola Puranchih in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tola Puranchih · ■ Katoria rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 10%
- Toilet within the home 7% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 93% 93%
- Tap water 100% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 18% 10%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 100% 31%
- Television 11% 6%
- Mobile phone 50% 43%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 39% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 0% 26%
- Own their home 4% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Tola Puranchih?

■ Tola Puranchih · ■ Katoria rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 77.5% 46.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 866 902
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 846 948
- Working population 74.5% 42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 60.0% for women. 74% of men and 75% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 14 (12%) · ■ Farm labourers 16 (14%) · ■ Household industry 7 (6%) · ■ Other work 8 (7%) · ■ Marginal 69 (61%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Katoria
- Tola Saekatta 159 people
- Tola Gobinddih 158 people
- Tola Asankund 153 people
- Tola Gauratanr 153 people
- Asanbani 152 people
- Tola Mohipur Kurawa 152 people
- Kurna 151 people
- Tola Sonabaran 151 people

All 379 villages in Katoria

## Quick answers
- How far is Tola Puranchih from Banka? 33 km by road
- What is the population of Tola Puranchih? 153 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tola Puranchih in? Banka district (Katoria sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tola Puranchih? 77.5% (Census 2011)

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