Puraina observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Puraina is a village in Ramnagar mandal, Maihar district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 927 across 187 households. The village has a literacy rate of 56.9% and postal code 485881.
By population, Puraina ranks #60 of 193 villages in Ramnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puraina is a village of 927 people in 187 households (Census 2011) in Ramnagar tehsil, Maihar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 60th-largest of 193 villages in Ramnagar tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 861 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Maihar district centre, 26 km from Vijay Sota railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485881, served by Ramnagar (Satna) post office; the LGD village code is 464504. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ramnagar, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Veependra Singh, and the village votes in Amarpatan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Rajendra Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 1,093 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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