Puraini is a village in Muhra mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 957 across 161 households. The village has a literacy rate of 29.8% and is located at coordinates 25.596°N, 86.988°E.
By population, Puraini ranks #31 of 54 villages in Muhra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraini is a village of 957 people in 161 households (Census 2011) in Muhra block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 31st-largest of 54 villages in Muhra block. Literacy is 30%, 19 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,023 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Gaya district centre, 11 km from Kishanganj, the nearest town, 15 km from Bihariganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824231, served by Bodhgaya post office; the LGD village code is 255141. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH Dhamdaha, 24 km away. The village votes in Kurhani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kedar Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 1,128 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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