{{Short description|Community development block in Madhepura district, Bihar, India}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Puraini | native_name = पुरैनी | native_name_lang = hi | other_name =Puraini Bazar | settlement_type = Block | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | pushpin_map = India Bihar | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location Bihar, India | coordinates = {{coord|25|35|56|N|86|59|22|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name1 = Bihar | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Mithila | subdivision_name3 = Madhepura | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | leader_party = INC, JD(U), RJD, LJP | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 77792 | population_as_of = 2001 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rank = | population_demonym = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = <!-- PIN --> | postal_code =852116 | registration_plate = | blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency | blank1_info_sec1 = Madhepura | website = {{URL|madhepura.bih.nic.in/}} | footnotes = | demographics1_info1 = Maithili, Hindi, Urdu | blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency | blank2_info_sec1 = Alamnagar }} '''Puraini''' is one of the administrative divisions of Madhepura district in the Indian state of Bihar. The block headquarters are located at a distance of 48&nbsp;km from the district headquarters, namely, Madhepura.

==Geography== Puraini is located at {{Coord|26.0430200|N|87.0126720|E|format=dms|}}.

===Panchayats=== Panchayats in Puraini community development block are: Kurshandi, Sapardah, Aurai, Nardah, Ganeshpur, dharmapur Puraini, Banshgopal, Makdampur and Durgapur.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.brandbihar.com/english/districts/madhepura/Madhepura_Puraini.html |title = Puraini Block |work = Blocks of Madhepura | publisher = brandbihar.com |accessdate = 2011-02-07 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130117060042/http://brandbihar.com/english/districts/madhepura/Madhepura_Puraini.html |archivedate = 2013-01-17 }}</ref>

==Demographics== In the 2001 census Puraini Block had a population of 77,792.

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{{Madhepura district}} {{Kosi Division topics}}

Category:Community development blocks in Madhepura district