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- LGD code
- 385756
- Pincode
- 758017
- Post office
- Rajanagar
- Population
- 397
- Households
- 94
- Literacy rate
- 52.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1158 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 258
Census 2011 · in context
How Purunia compares
By population, Purunia ranks #52 of 75 villages in Turumunga mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.9%
−8.9% vs mandal average
- Purunia
- 52.9%
- Turumunga mandal
- 61.8%
- Kendujhar district
- 58.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,158
+153 vs mandal average
- Purunia
- 1,158
- Turumunga mandal
- 1,005
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Purunia
- 4.2
- Turumunga mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Purunia at a glance
Purunia is a village of 397 people in 94 households (Census 2011) in Turumunga block, Kendujhar district, Odisha, the 52nd-largest of 75 villages in Turumunga block. Literacy is 53%, 9 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,158 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 758017, served by Rajanagar post office; the LGD village code is 385756. The population is estimated at 468 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Purunia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 11
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KENDUJHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 23
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kantiapada
- Total area (ha)
- 110
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 9.74
- Forest area (ha)
- 10.43
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Purunia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Purunia
- LGD code
- 385756
- Pincode
- 758017
- Post office
- Rajanagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 397
- Population (projected 2026)
- 468
- Households
- 94
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1158
- Literacy rate
- 52.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Block / Mandal
- Turumunga
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Other villages in Turumunga mandal
View all 60+ →- Turumunga
- Murusuan
- Kantiapada
- Baikala
- Jamunapasi
- Chemana
- Jamuda
- Silida
- Dalanga
- Chakundapal
- Tentala
- Godipokhari
- Kainda
- Dasharathipur
- Kendeipasi
- Bininda
- Jamunalia
- Dabarchua
- Angikala
- Jadichatar
- Lunga
- Kenduapada
- Putugaon
- Baliapasi
- Manpur
- Purandarpur
- Khajuriapata
- Balipasi
- Hatibari
- Rengalabeda
- Duaghata
- Malarpada
- Nuagaonbalavadrapur
- Bananipasi
- Sanagahmaria
- Nuagaon (Bada)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)