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Puraini Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Puraini is a medium size village located in Salkhua Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 378 families residing. The Puraini village has population of 1921 of which 1018 are males while 903 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puraini village population of children with age 0-6 is 418 which makes up 21.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puraini village is 887 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Puraini as per census is 1059, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Puraini village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Puraini village was 44.11 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Puraini Male literacy stands at 55.46 % while female literacy rate was 30.67 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Puraini 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 Puraini village.

Puraini Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 378 - -
Population 1,921 1,018 903
Child (0-6) 418 203 215
Schedule Caste 600 318 282
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 44.11 % 55.46 % 30.67 %
Total Workers 578 435 143
Main Worker 406 - -
Marginal Worker 172 133 39

Caste Factor

Puraini village of Saharsa has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.23 % of total population in Puraini village. The village Puraini currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puraini village out of total population, 578 were engaged in work activities. 70.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 578 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 302 were Agricultural labourer.