Purihasa is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

in the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai CD block in the

Dhalbhum subdivision Dhalbhum subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the East Singhbhum district in the Kolhan division in the state of Jharkhand, India. History Dhalbhum subdivision was created in 1920 with Jamshedpur as headquarters. Administrative se ...

of the

Purbi Singhbhum district East Singhbhum is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand, India. It was created on 16 January 1990. More than 50% of the district is covered by dense forests and mountains, where wild animals once roamed freely. It is known for being a centre of ind ...

in the

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

Geography

Location

Purihasa is located at .

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."

Civic administration

Sundarnagar police station serves the area.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, 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). (*For language details see Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai block#Language and religion) Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration includes:

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (, ) or Tatanagar is the largest and most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city in India. It is a Notified Area Council and Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East Singhbhum district. It ...

(Industrial Town),

(NAC),

Tata Nagar Railway Colony Tata Nagar Railway Colony is an Out growth in the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Tata Nagar Railway ...

(OG),

Mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...

(NAC),

Jugsalai Jugsalai is a township and business center adjacent to Tatanagar Railway Station, Jamshedpur and a municipality in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is often referred as a wholesale mar ...

(M),

Bagbera Bagbera Colony (also referred to as Bagbera) is a census town in the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Geography Location Bagbera Colony is located a ...

(CT),

Chhota Gobindpur Chhota Gobindpur (also spelled Chhota Govindpur) is a census town in the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Geography Location Chhota Gobindpur is loc ...

(CT),

Haludbani Haludbani 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 Location Haludbani is located at . Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration With ...

(CT),

Sarjamda Sarjamda 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 Location Sarjamda is located at . Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration With i ...

(CT),

Gadhra Gadhra is a census town in the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Geography Location Gadhra is located at . Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration With its ...

(CT), Ghorabandha (CT), Purihasa (CT),

Adityapur Adityapur is a city and suburb in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. It is a nagar parishad in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision in the Seraikela Kharsawan district. Adityapur is part of the Greater Jamshedpur, under the Indian government's ...

(M Corp.),

Chota Gamahria Chota Gamahria (also spelled Gamharia or Gamaria) is a census town in the Adityapur CD block in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision of the Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location ...

(CT) and Kapali (CT).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Purbi Singhbhum'', Purihasa covered an area of . It has an annual rainfall of . Among the civic amenities, it had 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.

Transport

State Highway 6 passes through Purihasa.

Education

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

References

{{Kolhan Division Cities and towns in East Singhbhum district Neighbourhoods in Jamshedpur