# Puraina Choube Village, Chanpatia, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/chanpatia/puraina-choube/ Village · Chanpatia, Pashchim Champaran # Puraina Choube Puraina Choube is a village in Chanpatia sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **854 people in 155 households**, the 62nd largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.3%. - 854people (2011) - 155households - 60.8%literacy - 932females per 1,000 males ## Puraina Choube PIN code and other codes Puraina Choube falls in Chanpatia sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. - Gram panchayatBankat Puraina - Community development blockChanpatia - Census village code217159 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Puraina Choube from nearby towns? - Chanpatia (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Bettiah (district HQ)17 km by road - Chanpatia (nearest town)3 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 Puraina Choube? 10 services counted by the Census are inside Puraina Choube; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kumar Bag - ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river 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 Puraina Choube known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 82% of the 120 hectares of village land is sown, and 63 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 Puraina Choube Of every 100 households in Puraina Choube in 2011, 2 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car. ■ Puraina Choube · ■ Chanpatia rural average Electricity for lighting ****2%** **3% Toilet within the home ****14%** **15% No toilet (open defecation) ****86%** **85% Tap water ****1%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****63%** **50% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%** **3% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%** **96% Use banking services ****16%** **37% Television ****4%** **7% Mobile phone ****61%** **49% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****3%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****3%** **2% None of these assets ****18%** **19% 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 Puraina Choube? ■ Puraina Choube · ■ Chanpatia rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%** **57.3% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932** **904 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940** **942 Working population ****29.5%** **38.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 69.0% for men and 51.9% for women. 45% of men and 13% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 52 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (13%) · **■** Marginal 148 (59%) 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 Chanpatia - Karampatti1,091 people - Bandipatti1,009 people - Miskar Tola954 people - Jinwalia927 people - Sembhapur817 people - Jiachha Tola747 people - Jina Chap656 people - Meghia Khargauli596 people [All 71 villages in Chanpatia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/chanpatia/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Puraina Choube from Bettiah?17 km by road - What is the population of Puraina Choube?854 (Census 2011) - Which district is Puraina Choube in?Pashchim Champaran district (Chanpatia sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Puraina Choube?60.8% (Census 2011)