# Purana Village, Balikuda, Jagatsinghapur (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Balikuda, Jagatsinghapur 

# Purana

Purana is a village in Balikuda sub-district of Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, PIN code **754140**. The 2011 Census counted **385 people in 93 households**, the 145th largest of 223 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.1%.

- 385people (2011)
- 93households
- 88.7%literacy
- 754140PIN code

## Purana PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Purana is 754140.** Purana falls in Balikuda sub-district, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha.

- PIN code754140
- Gram panchayatAlabol
- Community development blockBalikuda
- Census village code398262

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

## How far is Purana from nearby towns?

- Balikuda (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Jagatsinghapur (district HQ)19 km by road
- Jagatsinghapur (nearest town)19 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 Purana?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Purana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Balikuda
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Balikuda
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Mallikapur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 17 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 Purana known for?

The main crops are **paddy and pulses**. About 79% of the 54 hectares of village land is sown, and 37 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 Purana

Of every 100 households in Purana in 2011, 32 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purana · ■ Balikuda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**41%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****44%**

**51%

Television ****27%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purana?

■ Purana · ■ Balikuda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**85.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2200**

**933

Working population ****38.7%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 82.6% for women. 63% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 34 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (6%) · **■** Other work 48 (32%) · **■** Marginal 58 (39%)

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 Balikuda

- Digoda397 people
- Katikata392 people
- Salabelapur389 people
- Jaganathapur385 people
- Khandapasa379 people
- Tihuda375 people
- Sanapanitira372 people
- Sahada369 people

[All 235 villages in Balikuda](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/jagatsinghapur/balikuda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Purana?754140
- How far is Purana from Jagatsinghapur?19 km by road
- What is the population of Purana?385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purana in?Jagatsinghapur district (Balikuda sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Purana?88.7% (Census 2011)