# Purla Arazi Village, Azamnagar, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Azamnagar, Katihar 

# Purla Arazi

Purla Arazi is a village in Azamnagar sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,369 people in 773 households**, the 20th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 47.6%.

- 3,369people (2011)
- 773households
- 43.9%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Purla Arazi PIN code and other codes

Purla Arazi falls in Azamnagar sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatJalki
- Community development blockAzamnagar
- Census village code225130

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Purla Arazi from nearby towns?

- Azamnagar (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)50 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)50 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Purla Arazi?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Purla Arazi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Salmati
- ○Degree college10+ km · Katihar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Purla Arazi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 195 hectares of village land is sown, and 73 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Purla Arazi

Of every 100 households in Purla Arazi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purla Arazi · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**98%

Use banking services ****15%**

**22%

Television ****4%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****25%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Purla Arazi?

■ Purla Arazi · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.9%**

**47.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**964

Working population ****28.8%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.2% for men and 34.7% for women. 51% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 748 (77%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 46 (5%) · **■** Marginal 13 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Azamnagar

- Singhaul3,599 people
- Marhi3,554 people
- Jalki3,549 people
- Mukuria3,493 people
- Fatehpur3,313 people
- Malikpur3,286 people
- Kharsota3,262 people
- Maheshpur3,192 people

[All 234 villages in Azamnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/azamnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Purla Arazi from Katihar?50 km by road
- What is the population of Purla Arazi?3,369 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purla Arazi in?Katihar district (Azamnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Purla Arazi?43.9% (Census 2011)