{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Purihasa | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Census Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India3 | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India | coordinates = {{coord|22.7463|N|86.1928|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Jharkhand | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Purbi Singhbhum | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 2.23 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 7897 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages* | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Hindi, Urdu | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 832107 | area_code_type = Telephone/STD code | area_code = 0657 | registration_plate = JH 05 | blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy | blank1_info_sec1 = 74.38% | blank2_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency | blank2_info_sec1 = Jamshedpur | blank3_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency | blank3_info_sec1 = Potka | website = {{URL|jamshedpur.nic.in/}} | footnotes = }} '''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== {{OSM Location map

| width=400| height=350| zoom=11 | coord={{coord|22|49|30|N|86|13|0|E}}| float=right|caption='''Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration''' <br />M: municipality, OG: outgrowth, CT: census town, T: tourist centre <br />'''Note:''' Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly. <br />For East Singhbhum district location map see Ghatshila or Musabani page. |mark-coord1={{coord|22|45|35|N|86|11|43|E}} | label-pos1=left|label1= Bagbera | numbered1=CT| mark-title1=Bagbera Colony (CT) ||label-color1=#800000 |label-size1=11| mark-size1=12|shape1=l-circle|shape-color1= #A40000|shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2 |mark-coord2={{coord|22|45|36|N|86|15|13|E}} | label-pos2=right|label2= Chhota Gobindpur| numbered2=CT| mark-title2=Chhota Gobindpur (CT) |mark-coord3={{coord|22|44|30|N|86|14|37|E}} | label-pos3=right|label3= Gadhra| numbered3=CT| mark-title3=Gadhra (CT) |mark-coord4={{coord|22|46|44|N|86|16|43|E}} | label-pos4=right|label4= Ghorabandha| numbered4=CT| mark-title4=Ghorabandha (CT) |shape-color4= #A40000 |mark-coord5={{coord|22|45|10|N|86|12|47|E}} | label-pos5=left|label5=Haludbani| numbered5=CT| mark-title5=Haludbani (CT) |mark-coord6={{coord|22|44|46|N|86|11|34|E}} | label-pos6=left|label6=Purihasa|label-color6 = dark grey |numbered6=CT| mark-title6=Purihasa (CT) |mark-coord7={{coord|22|45|0|N|86|13|48|E}} | label-pos7=right|label7=Sarjamda| numbered7=CT| mark-title7=Sarjamda (CT) |mark-coord8={{coord|22|49|22|N|86|5|55|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8= Chota Gamahria | numbered8=CT| mark-title8=Chota Gamahria (CT) |shape-clor8= #A40000 |mark-coord9={{coord|22|50|16|N|86|11|26|E}} | label-pos9=left|label9= Kopali | numbered9=CT| mark-title9=Kopali (CT) |mark-coord10={{coord|22|46|9|N|86|11|43|E}} | label-pos10=right|label10=Tata Nagar Railway Colony| numbered10=OG| mark-title10=Tata Nagar Railway Colony (OG) |shape-color10= #A40000 |mark-coord11={{coord|22|46|10|N|86|10|49|E}} | label-pos11=left|label11=Jugsalai| numbered11=M| mark-title11= Jugsalai (M) |label-color11=#800000 |mark-coord12={{coord|22|49|39|N|86|12|59|E}} | label-pos12= top|label12=Mango| numbered12=M| mark-title12= Mango (Jamshedpur) (M) |label-color12=#800000 |mark-coord13={{coord|22|47|24|N|86|9|56|E}} | label-pos13=left|label13=Adityapur| numbered13=M| mark-title13= Adityapur (M) |label-color13=#800000 |mark-coord14={{coord|22|47|33|N|86|11|3|E}} | label-pos14=right|label14=Jamshedpur| numbered14=M| mark-title14= Jamshedpur (M) |label-color14=#800000 |mark-coord15={{coord|22|47|15|N|86|16|0|E}} |label15= Subarnarekha |labela15= River |label-color15 = #77A1CB| label-angle15= 15| label-pos15=top| label-size15=10| mark-size15=0| mark-title15 =none |mark-coord16={{coord|22|45|5|N|86|6|0|E}} |label16= Kharkhai |labela16= River |label-color16 = #77A1CB| label-angle16= -15| label-pos16=top| label-size16=10| mark-size16=0| mark-title16 =none |mark-coord17={{coord|22|54|0|N|86|12|15|E}} | label-pos17= top|label17= Dalma |labela17= Wildlife|labelb17= Sanctuary | numbered17=T| mark-title17= Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary (T) |shape-color17= #74C365 |mark-coord18={{coord|22|51|0|N|86|15|0|E}}| label18= Dimna Lake | label-color18 = #77A1CB | label-angle18= 15| label-pos18=top| label-size18=10| mark-size18=0| mark-title18 =none |mark-coord19={{coord|22|54|0|N|86|15|0|E}}| label19= Dalma Hills | label-color19 = #C42222 | label-angle19= 0| label-pos19=top| label-size19=10| mark-size19=0| mark-title19 =none}}

===Location=== Purihasa is located at {{coord|22.7463|N|86.1928|E|display=inline}}.

{| class="wikitable" |+ Physical Aspects<ref>{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/556/download/1872/DH_2011_2012_PART_A_DCHB_PURBI_SINGHBHUM.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415171556/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/556/download/1872/DH_2011_2012_PART_A_DCHB_PURBI_SINGHBHUM.pdf | archive-date=2023-04-15}}</ref> |- ! Rainfall (in mm) !! Temperature(in centigrade)(Maximum) !! Temperature(in centigrade)(Minimum) |- | 1030.2|| 45.8|| 10 |}

===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."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ahgis/files/3m/5-3.pdf |title = Growth of Industrial Cities in India: A Case Study of Jamshedpur | work= Amaresh Dubey|publisher= The Third Conference: GIS-based Global History from Asian Perspectives, 5 June 2015 | access-date = 25 December 2021}}</ref>

==Civic administration== Sundarnagar police station serves the area.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/east-singhbhum | title = District Police Profile - East Singhbhum | work = Contact Numbers | publisher = Jharkhand Police | access-date = 16 December 2021}}</ref>

==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.<ref name=EScensus2011/> 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).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2012_PART_B_DCHB_PURBI%20SINGHBHUM.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Purbi Singhbhum, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Location code: 363459, Pages 26-27: District primary census abstract, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 15 December 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref name=EScensus2011>{{cite web|title=PCA: Primary Census Abstract C.D. Block wise, Jharkhand - District Purbi Singhbhum - 2011 |url=https://new.census.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/41035/download/44666/PCA_CDB-2012-F-Census.xlsx |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref>

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).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title = Constituents of Urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011|access-date = 15 December 2021 }}</ref>

===Language=== {{Pie chart |thumb = left |caption = Languages spoken in Purihasa census town (2011)<ref name=Language>{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16T/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2000.XLSX |title=C-16 City: Population by mother tongue (town level), Jharkhand - 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205182830/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16T/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2000.XLSX |archive-date=5 February 2022 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}} [https://new.census.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10246/download/13358/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2000.XLSX Alt URL]</ref> |label1 = Santali |value1 = 47.9 |label2 = Bengali |value2 = 13.1 |label3 = Ho |value3 = 11.9 |label4 = Hindi |value4 = 7.3 |label5 = Odia |value5 = 4.3 |label6 = Bhojpuri |value6 = 4.2 |label7 = Punjabi |value7 = 2.4 |label8 = Mundari |value8 = 2.3 |other = yes |other-color = grey |footer= }}

===Religion=== {{bar box |title=Religions in Purihasa town (2011)<ref name="census2011-religion">{{cite web|title=C-01: Population by religious community, Jharkhand - 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11377/download/14490/DDW20C-01%20MDDS.XLS |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=right |bars= {{bar percent|Unclassified Sect.|darkred|62.6}} {{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|32.7}} {{bar percent|Christianity|dodgerblue|2.6}} {{bar percent|Sikhism|yellow|1.8}} {{bar percent|Islam|green|0.2}} {{bar percent|Not stated|black|0.1}} }}

==Infrastructure== According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Purbi Singhbhum'', Purihasa covered an area of {{cvt|2.23|km2}}. It has an annual rainfall of {{cvt|1,030.2 |mm}}. Among the civic amenities, it had {{cvt|4|km|}} 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.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2012_PART_A_DCHB_PURBI%20SINGHBHUM.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Purbi Singhbhum, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Pages 863-871 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 14 December 2021}}</ref>

==Transport== State Highway 6 passes through Purihasa.<ref>Google maps</ref>

==Education== {| class="wikitable" |+ Type of educational institution<ref>{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/556/download/1872/DH_2011_2012_PART_A_DCHB_PURBI_SINGHBHUM.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415171556/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/556/download/1872/DH_2011_2012_PART_A_DCHB_PURBI_SINGHBHUM.pdf | archive-date=2023-04-15}}</ref> |- ! Primary !! Middle !! matriculation !! senior secondary |- | 4|| 2|| 2|| 1 |} Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College was established in 1971 at Karandih.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://lbsmcollegejsr.com | title = Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College | publisher = LBSMC | access-date = 16 January 2021}}</ref>

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