By population, Pura ranks #39 of 71 villages in Shivaji Nagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pura is a village of 1,323 people in 229 households (Census 2011) in Shivaji Nagar block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 39th-largest of 71 villages in Shivaji Nagar block. Literacy is 60%, 12 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 848117, served by Ilmasnagar post office; the LGD village code is 236407. The sarpanch is RAMCHAND SINGH, and the village votes in Phulparas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sheela Kumari. The population is estimated at 1,560 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rajaur Rambhadrapur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pura · this village | 1,323 | 60% | — |
| Rajaur Rambhadarpur · Shivaji Nagar | 6,047 | 52% | — |
| Ramaul · Shivaji Nagar | 2,995 | 53% | — |
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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