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Purainia Population - Patna, Bihar

Purainia is a medium size village located in Bihta Block of Patna district, Bihar with total 311 families residing. The Purainia village has population of 1919 of which 1033 are males while 886 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purainia village population of children with age 0-6 is 333 which makes up 17.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purainia village is 858 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Purainia as per census is 810, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Purainia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Purainia village was 77.68 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Purainia Male literacy stands at 85.39 % while female literacy rate was 68.79 %.

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

Purainia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 311 - -
Population 1,919 1,033 886
Child (0-6) 333 184 149
Schedule Caste 460 245 215
Schedule Tribe 2 2 0
Literacy 77.68 % 85.39 % 68.79 %
Total Workers 515 462 53
Main Worker 361 - -
Marginal Worker 154 117 37

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.97 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.10 % of total population in Purainia village.

Work Profile

In Purainia village out of total population, 515 were engaged in work activities. 70.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 515 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.