# Pura Village, Mehgaon, Bhind (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Mehgaon, Bhind 

# Pura

Pura is a village in Mehgaon sub-district of Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **563 people in 91 households**, the 104th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.4%.

- 563people (2011)
- 91households
- 69.1%literacy
- 840females per 1,000 males

## Pura PIN code and other codes

Pura falls in Mehgaon sub-district, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockMehgaon
- Census village code453163

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Pura from nearby towns?

- Mehgaon (sub-district HQ)40 km by road
- Bhind (district HQ)35 km by road
- Mehgaon (nearest town)40 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Pura?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Pura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Adokhar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gwalior
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 7 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pura known for?

About 66% of the 216 hectares of village land is sown, and 27 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Pura

Of every 100 households in Pura in 2011, 1 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pura · ■ Mehgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**0%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****42%**

**22%

Television ****1%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Pura?

■ Pura · ■ Mehgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**73.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****840**

**815

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**826

Working population ****30.7%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 55.2% for women. 56% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 163 (94%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mehgaon

- Jodhapura570 people
- Alampura564 people
- Maharajpura564 people
- Badera563 people
- Harsingh Pura556 people
- Bachhareta549 people
- Jalharipura547 people
- Bhopatpura539 people

[All 144 villages in Mehgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/bhind/mehgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pura from Bhind?35 km by road
- What is the population of Pura?563 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pura in?Bhind district (Mehgaon sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pura?69.1% (Census 2011)