Purihasa

Purihasa
Census Town
Purihasa Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Purihasa Purihasa (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°44′47″N86°11′34″E / 22.7463°N 86.1928°E / 22.7463; 86.1928
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Area
• Total	2.23 km2 (0.86 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	7,897
• Density	3,500/km2 (9,200/sq mi)
Languages*
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	832107
Telephone/STD code	0657
Vehicle registration	JH 05
Literacy	74.38%
Lok Sabha constituency	Jamshedpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Potka
Website	jamshedpur.nic.in

Purihasa is a census town in the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

5km
3miles

Dalma Hills

Dimna Lake

Dalma
Wildlife
Sanctuary

T

Kharkhai
River

Subarnarekha
River

Jamshedpur

M

Adityapur

M

Mango

M

Jugsalai

M

Tata Nagar Railway Colony

OG

Kopali

CT

Chota Gamahria

CT

Sarjamda

CT

Purihasa

CT

Haludbani

CT

Ghorabandha

CT

Gadhra

CT

Chhota Gobindpur

CT

Bagbera

CT

  

Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration
M: municipality, OG: outgrowth, CT: census town, T: tourist centre
Note: Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly.
For East Singhbhum district location map see Ghatshila or Musabani page.

Location

Purihasa is located at 22°44′47″N86°11′34″E / 22.7463°N 86.1928°E / 22.7463; 86.1928 .

Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration

With its recognition as an industrial town as early as the 1911 census, Jamshedpur was set on the road of steady population growth, as large number of emigrants flocked in for work opportunities. While in the earlier decades the central nucleus grew, in the later decades towns around Jamshedpur grew rapidly. In 2011, Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration included 13 urban centres, with a total population of 1.3 million people. However, in more recent years, Jamshedpur UA "has lacked the growth and development observed around other similar industrial towns in western and southern India." ^[1]

Civic administration

Sundarnagar police station serves the area. ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census, Purihasa town had a total of 1,711 households and a population of 7,897, with 51.3% males and 48.7% females. The Scheduled Caste (SC) population comprised 101 (1.3%) of the total, while the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population constituted 5,081 (64.4%) of the population. Of the total population, 63.6% were literate, while 36.4% were illiterate. ^[3] Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,141, leaving this group the literate persons in Purihasa was 5,025 (74.38% of the population over 6 years). ^[4] The town had 31.1% of its population engaged in some form of work, with 27.2% being main workers and 3.7% marginal workers. There were 68.9% non-workers, with 26.4% being male and 42.5% female. ^[3]

Purihasa census town is part of Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration, which includes: Jamshedpur (Industrial Town), Jamshedpur (NAC), Tata Nagar Railway Colony (OG), Mango (NAC), Jugsalai (M), Bagbera (CT), Chhota Gobindpur (CT), Haludbani (CT), Sarjamda (CT), Gadhra (CT), Ghorabandha (CT), Adityapur (M Corp.), Chota Gamahria (CT) and Kapali (CT). ^[5]

Language

Languages spoken in Purihasa census town (2011) ^[6]

   Santali (47.9%)

   Bengali (13.1%)

   Ho (11.9%)

   Hindi (7.3%)

   Odia (4.3%)

   Bhajpuri (4.2%)

   Punjabi (2.4%)

   Mundari (2.3%)

  Other (6.6%)

Religion

Religions in Purihasa town (2011) [7]
Religion			Percent
Unclassified Sect.			62.6%
Hinduism			32.7%
Christianity			2.6%
Sikhism			1.8%
Islam			0.2%
Not stated			0.1%

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Purbi Singhbhum, Purihasa covered an area of 2.23 km² (0.86 sq mi). It has an annual rainfall of 1,030.2 mm (40.56 in). Among the civic amenities, it had 4 km (2.5 mi) of roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, tube well/ bore well, overhead tank. It had 1,339 domestic electric connections, 4 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 2 maternity homes, 1 nursing home, 1 veterinary hospital, 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 4 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, 1 general degree college. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 stadium. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank. ^[8]

Transport

State Highway 6 passes through Purihasa. ^[9]

Education

Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College was established in 1971 at Karandih. ^[10]

References

1. "Growth of Industrial Cities in India: A Case Study of Jamshedpur" (PDF). Amaresh Dubey. The Third Conference: GIS-based Global History from Asian Perspectives, 5 June 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
2. "District Police Profile - East Singhbhum". Contact Numbers. Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
3. "PCA: Primary Census Abstract C.D. Block wise, Jharkhand - District Purbi Singhbhum - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
4. "District Census Handbook, Purbi Singhbhum, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Location code: 363459, Pages 26-27: District primary census abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
5. "Constituents of Urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
6. "C-16 City: Population by mother tongue (town level), Jharkhand - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Alt URL
7. "C-01: Population by religious community, Jharkhand - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
8. "District Census Handbook, Purbi Singhbhum, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 863-871. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
9. Google maps
10. "Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College". LBSMC. Retrieved 16 January 2021.