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languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Hindi : 187,760
2. Urdu : 41,958
3. Bengali : 23,131

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 3

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	282,248
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	127^th
District Area (km²)	:	3,228
District Area (Rank)	:	400^th
No.of Towns in District	:	501
No. of Villages in District	:	194

What is A.I.? FAQ

Purnia Highlights: India City/Districts Comparison

Purnia is the 127^th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Purnia District in Bihar State. Purnia District is 84^th highest ranked in population & 400^th ranked in area, in India. Please keep the DHQ rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than India Average-

1.
Purnia is the 44^th highest ranked in Bengali Script out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates a high pool of literate bengali population compared to other cities.

2.
The average # of ITIS seats(No,AISHE 2020) of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 4,706. Purnia is the 68^th highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts. This implies that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

3.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Purnia is the 70^th highest ranked in Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, FB 2024) . This indicates higher facebook IDs in FB Advertising module for this town vis a vis other towns.

Worse than India Average-

1.
Purnia is the 594^th worst ranked in Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023) out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies that financial activities in this district is more compared to other districts.

2.
The Average GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023) of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is Purnia is the 545^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts.This implies that this district is highly urbanised / high GDP top 40 metropolis.

3.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Purnia is the 467^th worst ranked in Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs,RBI SCB 2023) .This indicates that economic condition of people in this district is better compared to people in other districts.

Purnia City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Purnia Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
Ab. Prod (Mn tonn) Wheat Production	Ab. Prod (Mn tonn) Wheat Production	0.04%	222^nd	6166

Purnia Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Famous Forts	Famous Forts	1	Jalalgarh Fort

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Bagdogra Airport	Siliguri	IXB	82 Km

Population: 282,248 | Population Rank: 127^th

Area (KM²): 3,228 | Area Rank: 400^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	No of Primary Health Centers	47	197^th	3452
2	No of Total Hospitals	59	202^nd	5101
3	No of Hospital Beds	1381	204^th	3909
4	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	1	207^th	1700
5	No of Community Health Centers	9	216^th	5671

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	No of Doctors	1634	14^th	5494
2	No of District Hospital	1	79^th	2353
3	No of Nurses	3328	313^th	7558

Negative Metrics:

Population: 282,248 | Population Rank: 127^th

Area (KM²): 3,228 | Area Rank: 400^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline(No, Census 2011)	55686	25^th	1547
2	Number of Households with Owned houses(No, Census 2011)	273858	79^th	6872
3	House Ownership % of Households(%, Census 2011)	84	80^th	6984
4	Number of Households without Internet(No, Census 2011)	20464	162^nd	3195
5	Number of Households with Mobile only(No, Census 2011)	169864	187^th	2640

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Number of Banks(No, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	221	57^th	10781
2	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van(No, Census 2011)	15187	119^th	6590
3	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped(No, Census 2011)	67856	123^rd	5568
4	Number of Households with Internet(No, Census 2011)	10371	130^th	6406
5	% of Household with Mobiles(%, Census 2011)	49	159^th	9013
6	Number of Households with Television(No, Census 2011)	153607	180^th	7333
7	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car(No, Census 2011)	15292	189^th	10120
8	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2023)	21	220^th	6313
9	Bank Credit(Crore, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	37411	230^th	7522
10	Number of Households with rented houses(No, Census 2011)	36696	231^st	3717
11	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	38608	233^rd	6694
12	Bank Deposits(Crore, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	45441	269^th	9596
13	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2023)	8029	290^th	4023
14	% of Households with Cars(%, Census 2011)	4	403^rd	8742
15	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs,RBI SCB 2023)	43	467^th	4145
16	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	153	545^th	1973
17	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023)	51	594^th	4004

Negative Metrics:

Population: 282,248 | Population Rank: 127^th

Area (KM²): 3,228 | Area Rank: 400^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	99^th	9230

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1017	1^st	2120
2	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	134^th	7609

Negative Metrics:

Population: 282,248 | Population Rank: 127^th

Area (KM²): 3,228 | Area Rank: 400^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	# of ITIS seats(No,AISHE 2020)	4706	68^th	10532
2	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	77^th	10746
3	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges(No,AISHE 2020)	36821	80^th	8514
4	# of Bachelor's Enrolment(No,AISHE 2020)	42477	92^nd	1869
5	# of Population (0-18)(No,Census 2011)	136937	105^th	9982
6	# of Total Enrolments(No,AISHE 2020)	49523	109^th	7345
7	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching(No,AISHE 2020)	2447	110^th	3280
8	# of UG Enrolments - Engg(No,AISHE 2020)	5379	122^nd	9192
9	# of PG Enrolments - Engg(No,AISHE 2020)	250	122^nd	6934
10	# of Master's Enrolment(No,AISHE 2020)	6137	129^th	3287
11	# of Diploma(No,AISHE 2020)	3877	144^th	3727
12	# of No. of Schools(No, UDISE 2021)?	1937	157^th	6328

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	# of UG Enrolments - Medical(No,AISHE 2020)	358	13^th	5265
2	# of UG Enrolments - Law(No,AISHE 2020)	654	26^th	6755
3	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop(No, UDISE 2021)?	2	29^th	6764
4	# of Universities(No,AISHE 2020)	1	39^th	3570
5	# of Colleges(No,AISHE 2020)	56	57^th	5010
6	# of UG Diploma Enrolments(No,AISHE 2020)	334	100^th	7531
7	# of Ph.D Enrolments(No,AISHE 2020)	275	107^th	7231
8	# of UG Enrolments - Management(No,AISHE 2020)	719	223^rd	9155
9	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce(No,AISHE 2020)	344	243^rd	1254
10	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce(No,AISHE 2020)	4172	244^th	4071
11	# of PG Enrolments - Arts(No,AISHE 2020)	1087	316^th	2519
12	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No,AISHE 2020)	9152	317^th	10151
13	# of PG Enrolments - Management(No,AISHE 2020)	591	356^th	9846
14	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years)(No,AISHE 2020)	28	460^th	6636

Negative Metrics:

Population: 282,248 | Population Rank: 127^th

Area (KM²): 3,228 | Area Rank: 400^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Police Stations(NO, IPC 2020)	22	142^nd	9003
2	Number of Panchayats(Number , Census 2011)	745	194^th	4707

Negative Metrics:

Population: 282,248 | Population Rank: 127^th

Area (KM²): 3,228 | Area Rank: 400^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, FB 2024)	177404	70^th	4006

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Number of Internet Connections(No, TRAI 2023)	593683	9^th	8708
2	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language(No, Census 2011)	187044	79^th	2485
3	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in 2024)	114666	149^th	2137
4	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop(%, TRAI June 2023)	165	273^rd	1642

Negative Metrics:

Population: 282,248 | Population Rank: 127^th

Area (KM²): 3,228 | Area Rank: 400^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Bengali Script	13153	44^th	9211
2	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	81^st	2218
3	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	82^nd	3548
4	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	131^st	10824
5	Script Pools # < 30,000	1	134^th	2780

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	4^th	4772
2	Latin Script (English)	2647	114^th	3130
3	Kannada Script	23603	171^st	10520
4	Assamese Script	3229	179^th	6319
5	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	188^th	8021
6	English Multilingual Population	50193	253^rd	5502
7	Marathi Script	27903	294^th	7877
8	Gujarati Script	25953	345^th	7913
9	Odia Script	5442	384^th	10051
10	Tamil Script	23886	406^th	8446
11	Malayalam Script	6112	420^th	2201
12	Telugu Script	39429	473^rd	9997

Negative Metrics:

Population: 282,248 | Population Rank: 127^th

Area (KM²): 3,228 | Area Rank: 400^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation(No, RNI 2020)	597414	118^th	5599
2	Number of Dailies or Magazines(No, RNI 2020)	222	204^th	1619

Negative Metrics:

Population: 282,248 | Population Rank: 127^th

Area (KM²): 3,228 | Area Rank: 400^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	# of Uninhabited Villages	54	69^th	5095
2	# of Households with 1 married couple	223006	76^th	3818
3	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	282	91^st	10391
4	Number of households(Number , Census 2011)	318214	103^rd	3702
5	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	150461	105^th	9736
6	# of Inhabited Villages	747	194^th	6121

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1378	6^th	7442
2	Urban Population(Number , Census 2011)	495956	66^th	5061
3	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	153026	112^th	8265
4	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	217194	182^nd	2381
5	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	93956	185^th	5138
6	Urbanization(% , Census 2011)	24	247^th	8497
7	Number of towns(Number , Census 2011)	10	279^th	4796

Negative Metrics:

Population: 282,248 | Population Rank: 127^th

Area (KM²): 3,228 | Area Rank: 400^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Central Government Jobs (Number,DOE Annual Report 2018)	2531	73^rd	2302
2	Number of PSU Jobs(Number,DPE 2022, )	816	73^rd	3640
3	Working Population 2023(Number,Census 2011)	1121530	84^th	6796
4	Number of State Government Jobs	25127	96^th	4675
5	Number of Formal Jobs(Sum,DPE 2022)	62963	103^rd	8251
6	Number of Informal Jobs (Including all Unemployed) (Number, Labour Ministry Quarterly employment Survey 2022 and Sengupta committee)	760882	121^st	2166

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Number of Private Jobs( Number, Labour Ministry Quarterly employment Survey 2022)	16177	22^nd	8052
2	Number of Companies	1876	41^st	7952
3	Formal Jobs as a % of working Pop(%,DPE 2022)	2	90^th	6825
4	Govt Jobs as a % of Working Population(%,DPE 2022)	2	125^th	10651

Negative Metrics:

Q - Why is all Prarang India comparative analysis being done for 768 Districts & their respective D.H.Q. (District Head Quarter) towns?
A - The Indian geography has historically been measured by " Districts". Today, it is politically managed by States & U.T.s ( Union Territories) but the unit of measurement ( Census baseline) continues to focus on the District, for over 150 years now. " All India" thus is a sum of the district parts i.e. sum of 768 districts currently ( which were 640 districts only, when the last Census took place in 2011). Contrary to popular perception, most data being reported at a State & U.T. level, is not being aggregated from underlying data at an urban (towns) & rural(villages) level. India has approx. 9000 towns & 600000 villages, segregated into 768 districts, each with its respective DHQ (District Head Quarter) town. Except for the largest 20 towns ( Metropolitan agglomerations) where some detailed data is gathered by the Central Government census, only basic demographic details are available for India's cities. Detailed survey results of the District are the most important data points, used to model & estimate the City & State level information in India. The 768 DHQ ( District Head Quarter) towns & 8 Union Territories, are the important Urban metrics available in India, for comparative analysis. Big data of a big & diverse country.

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A - Prarang does not do surveys to collect data. We mostly use Public sources of data - both government census, surveys, reports and private surveys whose results are available in news media & public websites. We follow a three-fold Indian logic ( Tarkashastra) method of information/data classification - We collect Pramana ( Evidence based i.e. Census, Reliable Surveys etc) data & then do Anumana ( Estimation modelling ) to Geo tag fill data in the residual Districts/DHQ (District HQ), to ensure data completion for "All India". We then do Upamana ( comparison) i.e. rank all districts/DHQs for a relative comparison. For each data field, the Samana ( Country Average) is calculated to again rank all districts/DHQs on Rank Above or Rank Below the Samana/Average. All our data sources, and our estimation modeling methods are transparently shared on each data field title , and can be accessed by clicking on the "i" icon.

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Q - What is the frequency of data update on various data-fields of Prarang analytics ?
A - We are continuously on the lookout for market announcements of new surveys & new data. You can expect important government survey results to be live on our website, within 30 to 45 days after appearing in press/media. We model on spreadsheets & update our SQL databases, after data validation. Many government sources are following a regular frequency (Eg. RBI (Reserve Bank of India) data, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) etc) however, many other data-fields including GDP by State & Crime Rates by State, are not being reported at a regular frequency.