An eight-year-old boy has bitten a cobra to death in India.

Known only as Deepak, the child was attacked by the snake in the remote village of Pandarpadh in Central Chhattisgarh region on Monday.

He was playing in the backyard of his house when the animal suddenly wrapped itself around his hand, sinking its sharp fangs into his skin.

Fighting through the pain, he furiously shook his arm, trying to get rid of the cobra.

Following his instincts for survival, Deepak bit the cobra ‘hard twice’, according to the New Indian Express.

He said: ‘The snake got wrapped around my hand and bit me. I was in great pain.

‘As the reptile did not budge when I tried to shake it off, I bit it hard twice. It all happened in a flash.’

His family rushed him to a nearby health centre and he was quickly administered anti-snake venom and kept under observation.

Deepak survived the bite from the cobra in a miraculous tale of survival.

It is also believed the snake died after suffering injuries from his bite.

According to snake expert Qaiser Hussain, the boy had only suffered a ‘dry bite’.

This happens when a snake does not release any of its venom.