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Purnia

Purnia is the fourth largest city of Bihar and is emerging as the largest economic hub in North Bihar. It serves as the administrative headquarters of both Purnia district and Purnia division in the Indian state of .
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  • Type: City with 310,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in India
  • Also known as: “Pūrnia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Purnia Court railway station.

Railway station
, is a railway station serving the city of Purnea in Bihar. This station is managed by the East Central Railway under the Samastipur railway division.

Purnia

Latitude
25.7774° or 25° 46′ 39″ north
Longitude
87.4731° or 87° 28′ 23″ east
Population
310,000
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
IATA airport code
PXN
Open location code
7MQ9QFGF+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245738523
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1259166
Wiki­data ID
Q1771762
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In Other Languages

From Angika to Waray—“Purnia” goes by many names.
  • Angika: “पूर्णिया”
  • Arabic: “بورنيا”
  • Asturian: “Purnia”
  • Bengali: “পূর্ণিয়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “पूर्णिया”
  • Bishnupriya: “পুরনিয়া”
  • Catalan: “Purnea”
  • Catalan: “Purnia”
  • Cebuano: “Purnia”
  • Chinese: “普尔尼亚”
  • Chinese: “普爾尼亞”
  • Danish: “Purnia”
  • Dutch: “Purnia (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Purnia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورنيا”
  • Esperanto: “Purnia”
  • Finnish: “Purnia”
  • French: “Purnea”
  • French: “Purnia”
  • German: “Purnia”
  • Greek: “Πούρνια”
  • Gujarati: “પૂર્ણિયા”
  • Hausa: “Purnia”
  • Hebrew: “פורניה”
  • Hindi: “पूर्णिया”
  • Hindi: “पूर्णियाँ”
  • Indonesian: “Purnia”
  • Irish: “Purnia”
  • Italian: “Purnia”
  • Japanese: “プールニヤー”
  • Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ನಿಯ”
  • Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ನಿಯಾ”
  • Kashmiri: “پوٗرنیہ”
  • Korean: “푸르니아”
  • Korean: “푸리나”
  • Ladin: “Purnia”
  • Latvian: “Purnija”
  • Lithuanian: “Purnija”
  • Maithili: “पूर्णिया”
  • Malagasy: “Purnia”
  • Malay: “Purnia”
  • Marathi: “पुर्णिया”
  • Marathi: “पूर्णिया”
  • Nepali: “पूर्णिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Purnia”
  • Norwegian: “Purnia”
  • Oriya: “ପୁର୍ନିଆ”
  • Persian: “پورنیا”
  • Polish: “Purnia”
  • Portuguese: “Purnia”
  • Russian: “Пурния”
  • Sanskrit: “पूर्णिया”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱩᱨᱱᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Serbian: “Purnia”
  • Serbian: “Purnija”
  • Serbian: “Пурнија”
  • Sinhala: “පුමියා”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Purnia”
  • Swedish: “Purnea”
  • Swedish: “Purnia”
  • Tagalog: “Purnia”
  • Tamil: “பூர்ணியா”
  • Telugu: “పుర్నియా”
  • Telugu: “పూర్ణియా”
  • Telugu: “పూర్నియ”
  • Thai: “ปุรนา”
  • Turkish: “Purnia”
  • Ukrainian: “Пурнія”
  • Urdu: “پورنیہ”
  • Venetian: “Purnia”
  • Vietnamese: “Purnia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purnia”
  • “पूर्णिया”

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