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Puraini observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Puraini ranks #174 of 200 villages in Panki mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraini is a village of 47 people in 8 households (Census 2011) in Panki block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 174th-largest of 200 villages in Panki block. Literacy is 77%, 30 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,043 women per 1,000 men. It lies 269 km from the Palamu district centre, 15 km from Arsali, the nearest town, 3 km from Nagar Untari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822122, served by Panki (Palamau) post office; the LGD village code is 366234. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gulab Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is BINDA DEVI. The population is estimated at 55 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sundi →
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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