# Puparia Village, Kasba, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Kasba, Purnia 

# Puparia

Puparia is a village in Kasba sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **515 people in 102 households**, the 54th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.7%.

- 515people (2011)
- 102households
- 43.6%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Puparia PIN code and other codes

Puparia falls in Kasba sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSabdalpur
- Community development blockKasba
- Census village code223584

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

## How far is Puparia from nearby towns?

- Kasba (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)12 km by road
- Kasba (nearest town)5 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 Puparia?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Puparia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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 school10+ km · Purnia East
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Puparia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 72% of the 309 hectares of village land is sown, and 186 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 Puparia

Of every 100 households in Puparia in 2011, 2 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puparia · ■ Kasba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**15%

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

**9%

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

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**50%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****40%**

**19%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**30%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Puparia?

■ Puparia · ■ Kasba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.6%**

**46.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**965

Working population ****47.2%**

**31.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.8% for men and 37.6% for women. 54% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 14 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (20%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 171 (70%)

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 Kasba

- Kamraili751 people
- Ratansoti669 people
- Alampur570 people
- Kulasundar566 people
- Babhangawan414 people
- Kula Bhagwati239 people
- Agaganj187 people
- Murad Bagh43 people

[All 61 villages in Kasba](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/kasba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Puparia from Purnia?12 km by road
- What is the population of Puparia?515 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puparia in?Purnia district (Kasba sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Puparia?43.6% (Census 2011)