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.

Purihasa
Census Town
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Coordinates: 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

Geography

Location

Purihasa is located at 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 of India, Purihasa had a total population of 7,897, of which 4,051 (51%) were males and 3,846 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,141. The total number of literate persons in Purihasa was 5,025 (74.38% of the population over 6 years).[3]

(*For language details see Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai block#Language and religion)

Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration 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), Purihasa (CT), Adityapur (M Corp.), Chota Gamahria (CT) and Kapali (CT).[4]

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.[5]

Transport

State Highway 6 passes through Purihasa.[6]

Education

Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College was established in 1971 at Karandih.[7]

References