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Purnea

Purnia
पूर्णियाँ
City
Nickname(s): Mini Darjeeling, Jute City
Purnia is located in Bihar
Purnia
Purnia
Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 25°47′N 87°28′E / 25.78°N 87.47°E / 25.78; 87.47Coordinates: 25°47′N 87°28′E / 25.78°N 87.47°E / 25.78; 87.47
Country  India
State Bihar
District Purnia
Government
 • Type Municipal Corporation
 • Body Purnea Municipal Corporation
 • Mayor Smt.Vibha Devi
 • MP Santosh Kushwaha
 • MLA Mr. Vijay khemka
Elevation 36 m (118 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 310,817
 • Density 794.49/km2 (2,057.7/sq mi)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 854301
Telephone code +91 6454
Vehicle registration BR-11
Literacy 74.04%
Lok Sabha constituency Purnia
Website purnea.bih.nic.in

Purnia (also romanized as Purnea) is a city that serves as the administrative headquarters of both Purnia district and Purnia division in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the largest city in northeastern Bihar. It is nearly 300 kilometres from Patna, the capital of Bihar, as well as 171 km from Siliguri, 92 km from Bhagalpur, and 214 km from Muzaffarpur. It is 450 km from Kolkata, the capital of the adjacent state of West Bengal and the largest city in East India.

The Indian Army, Indian Air Force, and three of five branches of India's Central Armed Police Forces – the Border Security Force (BSF), the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) – have bases around the district. it is divided into two one is purnea and other is purnea city.

Several possible origins for the name Purnia have been proposed. The name may originate from the Sanskrit word Purna–Aranya, which means "complete jungle".Purnia could also be an altered form of the old name Purania, derived from the word purain or Lotus, which is said to have grown on the Kosi and Mahananda rivers. This derivation is stated by O'Malley and is also in the old gazetteer. Another alternative derivation is from the words Purn Aranya. W.W. Hunter and Buchanan have mentioned the name of Purnia, it being a forested area, using a combination of the words purn (full) and aranya (forest).


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