Puraini is a village in Basantpur mandal, Supaul district, Bihar with a population of 823 in 183 households and a literacy rate of 45.9%. Located at 25.596°N, 86.988°E, the village has PIN code 854340.
By population, Puraini ranks #59 of 94 villages in Basantpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraini is a village of 823 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Basantpur block, Supaul district, Bihar, the 59th-largest of 94 villages in Basantpur block. Literacy is 46%, 1 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Supaul district centre, 11 km from Kishanganj, the nearest town, 15 km from Bihariganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854340, served by Birpur (Supaul) post office; the LGD village code is 221016. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH Dhamdaha, 24 km away. The sarpanch is NEHA MAUSAM KHERWAR, and the village votes in Pipra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rambilash Kamat. The population is estimated at 970 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basantpur →
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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