Purunia, Kusumi

Purunia is a village located in the Badampahar Tehsil of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. The village falls in Kusumi block and comes under Jaipur Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Mayurbhanj parliament constituency and Saraskana assembly constituency.

As on February 2025, the current population of Purunia is 1.5 thousands out of which 757 are males and rest 737 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 974 females per 1000 males. There are around 173 teenagers in Purunia. It has literacy rate of 55% which means around 829 persons can read and write. Total 193 people belonging to scheduled caste and 549 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 328 households in Purunia, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 785. The pincode of Purunia is 757050 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Hatbadra Sub Post office
• Suleipat Branch Post office
• Kumudasole Branch Post office
• Ukam Branch Post office
• Uparbeda Branch Post office

Schools

Purunia has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt Upper Primary School Purunia

Hospitals

Purunia has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Jaypur Sub-Center
• Ambagadia Sub-Center
• Chingudipokhari Sub-Center
• Uperbeda Primary Health Center
• Suleipat Sub-Center