Puraina observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Puraina is a village in Mainatanr mandal, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. It is the largest among the villages listed, with a population of 2,189 across 376 households and a literacy rate of 35.4%.
By population, Puraina ranks #28 of 97 villages in Mainatanr mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraina is a village of 2,189 people in 376 households (Census 2011) in Mainatanr block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 28th-largest of 97 villages in Mainatanr block. Literacy is 35%, 7 points below the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 900 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Pashchim Champaran district centre, 5 km from Bairiya, the nearest town, 8 km from Chauradano railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 845306, served by Mainatand post office; the LGD village code is 216493. The nearest hospital or health centre is Swasthya Kendra Khairwa, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Salluah Ansari, and the village votes in Narkatia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vishal Kumar. The population is estimated at 2,581 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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