Govt Upper Primary School Purunapada
| School Name | Govt Upper Primary School Purunapada |
| Address | Ward-11, Pardesipada, Bhawanipatna, Odisha |
| Location | Ward-11 |
| City | Bhawanipatna |
| District | Kalahandi |
| State | Odisha |
| Pincode | 766001 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Bhawanipatna |
Govt Upper Primary School Purunapada is located in Ward-11, Pardesipada, Bhawanipatna, Odisha and was established in year 1945. The school is a Co-educational and is located in Urban area. This is a Upper Primary school and is currently operational. The school is managed by Department of Education. The school comes under Bhawanipatna Mpl municipality. It is located in 80-Bhawanipatna(Sc) assembly constituency. This school is situated in Kalahandi parliamentary constituency. This is primarily Odia medium school.
| Class I to V | 77 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 85 Students |
| Total Students | 162 Students |
| Total Teachers | 9 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 18:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 23:1 |
The school teaches around two hundred students who are taught by 9 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 18 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. One teacher is Male and remaining eight are Female. In terms of Academic qualification five teachers are Below Graduate, three are Graduate and rest one is Post Graduate. None of the teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 23:1, means on an average twenty three students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 77 students in class I to V and 85 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca but broken boundary walls. The school has total seven clasrooms and four other rooms. There is both reading corner and library for students. There are three boys toilets, three girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.