# Purnia Village, Chaibasa, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Chaibasa, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Purnia

Purnia is a village in Chaibasa sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833201**. The 2011 Census counted **689 people in 132 households**, the 53rd largest of 74 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.

- 689people (2011)
- 132households
- 65.6%literacy
- 833201PIN code

## Purnia PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Purnia is 833201.** Purnia falls in Chaibasa sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833201
- Gram panchayatKursi
- Community development blockChaibasa
- Census village code378086

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

## How far is Purnia from nearby towns?

- Purnia (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)4 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)4 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 Purnia?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Purnia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Dokahatu
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chaibasa
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Purnia known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 81% of the 175 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Purnia

Of every 100 households in Purnia in 2011, 90 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purnia · ■ Chaibasa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**10%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****47%**

**54%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**91%

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 Purnia?

■ Purnia · ■ Chaibasa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**65.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1082**

**1041

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****698**

**976

Working population ****57.9%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 50.8% for women. 60% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 193 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 89 (22%) · **■** Marginal 104 (26%)

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 Chaibasa

- Telgosai768 people
- Dumatdiha728 people
- Ulihatu715 people
- Barajaipur698 people
- Barandaya622 people
- Muddu Edal605 people
- Chimihatu590 people
- Kankushi584 people

[All 75 villages in Chaibasa](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/chaibasa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Purnia?833201
- How far is Purnia from Chaibasa?4 km by road
- What is the population of Purnia?689 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purnia in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Chaibasa sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Purnia?65.6% (Census 2011)