# Pora Village, Jalalgarh, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Jalalgarh, Purnia 

# Pora

Pora is a village in Jalalgarh sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **853 people in 169 households**, the 33rd largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 47.2%.

- 853people (2011)
- 169households
- 45.5%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Pora PIN code and other codes

Pora falls in Jalalgarh sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatRamdaili
- Community development blockJalalgarh
- Census village code223671

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

## How far is Pora from nearby towns?

- Jalalgarh (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)32 km by road
- Kasba (nearest town)23 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 Pora?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Pora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn 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 school5–10 km · Jalalgarh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kasba
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 3 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 Pora known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 85 hectares of village land is sown, and 64 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 Pora

Of every 100 households in Pora in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pora · ■ Jalalgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****53%**

**29%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Pora?

■ Pora · ■ Jalalgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.5%**

**47.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1044**

**950

Working population ****27.9%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.9% for men and 39.6% for women. 48% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 29 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (10%) · **■** Other work 12 (5%) · **■** Marginal 174 (73%)

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 Jalalgarh

- Dukrail1,371 people
- Ahilgaon1,259 people
- Jahangirpur1,205 people
- Ratauli1,076 people
- Dumra779 people
- Girda742 people
- Nishara738 people
- Mahiarpur722 people

[All 47 villages in Jalalgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/jalalgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pora from Purnia?32 km by road
- What is the population of Pora?853 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pora in?Purnia district (Jalalgarh sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pora?45.5% (Census 2011)