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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BINDA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 366234
- Pincode
- 822122
- Post office
- Panki (Palamau)
- Population
- 47
- Households
- 8
- Literacy rate
- 76.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1043 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 18
- Distance to district centre
- 269 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 286 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 213 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 533 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nagar Untari · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gulab Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Puraini compares
By population, Puraini ranks #174 of 200 villages in Panki mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.6%
+29.6% vs mandal average
Puraini76.6%
Panki mandal47.0%
Palamu district52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,043
+88 vs mandal average
Puraini1,043
Panki mandal955
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.8 vs mandal average
Puraini5.9
Panki mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraini at a glance
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.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Puraini
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DALTONGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SURI
- Total area (ha)
- 37
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Puraini
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Key facts — Puraini
- LGD code
- 366234
- Pincode
- 822122
- Post office
- Panki (Palamau)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 47
- Population (projected 2026)
- 55
- Households
- 8
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1043
- Literacy rate
- 76.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.28127°N, 83.48140°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BINDA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Panki
Getting there
How to reach Puraini
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi213 kmcapital
- Kolkata533 km
- Delhi788 km
- Hyderabad926 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNagar Untari3 km
- Hospital / PHCGulab Hospital<1 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump37 km
- CollegeHINDALCO Montessory School45 km
- Police stationRenukoot Police Station46 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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