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Puraina Population - Buxar, Bihar

Puraina is a medium size village located in Chaugain Block of Buxar district, Bihar with total 76 families residing. The Puraina village has population of 517 of which 233 are males while 284 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puraina village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 28.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puraina village is 1219 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Puraina as per census is 1042, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Puraina village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Puraina village was 34.05 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Puraina Male literacy stands at 60.25 % while female literacy rate was 13.88 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Puraina village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Puraina village.

Puraina Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 76 - -
Population 517 233 284
Child (0-6) 147 72 75
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 34.05 % 60.25 % 13.88 %
Total Workers 220 91 129
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 173 46 127

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Puraina village of Buxar district.

Work Profile

In Puraina village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 21.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.