# Purainiya Village, Narkatia, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Narkatia, Purba Champaran 

# Purainiya

Purainiya is a village in Narkatia sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845301**. The 2011 Census counted **6,082 people in 1,082 households**, the 8th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 6,082people (2011)
- 1,082households
- 51.4%literacy
- 845301PIN code

## Purainiya PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Purainiya is 845301.** Purainiya falls in Narkatia sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845301
- Gram panchayatPuraieniya
- Community development blockNarkatia
- Census village code217721

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

## How far is Purainiya from nearby towns?

- Narkatia (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)27 km by road
- Motihari (nearest town)27 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 Purainiya?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Purainiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Choradano
- ○Degree college10+ km · Choradano
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 h winter

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 Purainiya known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 89% of the 458 hectares of village land is sown, and 40 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 Purainiya

Of every 100 households in Purainiya in 2011, 5 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purainiya · ■ Narkatia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**88%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**37%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**97%

Use banking services ****28%**

**30%

Television ****9%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purainiya?

■ Purainiya · ■ Narkatia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**919

Working population ****33.6%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 34.7% for women. 37% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 317 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 838 (41%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 107 (5%) · **■** Marginal 766 (38%)

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 Narkatia

- Kudarkat7,801 people
- Narkatia7,577 people
- Bhatanahiya6,546 people
- Hirmani6,503 people
- Belwa5,893 people
- Parsotimpur5,623 people
- Khairwa5,533 people
- Pakaria5,518 people

[All 54 villages in Narkatia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/narkatia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Purainiya?845301
- How far is Purainiya from Motihari?27 km by road
- What is the population of Purainiya?6,082 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purainiya in?Purba Champaran district (Narkatia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Purainiya?51.4% (Census 2011)