# Purwa Village, Batiyagarh, Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Batiyagarh, Damoh 

# Purwa

Purwa is a village in Batiyagarh sub-district of Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **161 people in 39 households**, the 126th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.5%.

- 161people (2011)
- 39households
- 71.5%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Purwa PIN code and other codes

Purwa falls in Batiyagarh sub-district, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBarigarh
- Census village code462040

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

## How far is Purwa from nearby towns?

- Batiyagarh (sub-district HQ)31 km by road
- Damoh (district HQ)54 km by road
- Hatta (nearest town)13 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 Purwa?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Purwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hatta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hatta
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Patera
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)9 h summer · 9 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 Purwa known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 84% of the 229 hectares of village land is sown, and 120 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 Purwa

Of every 100 households in Purwa in 2011, 46 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purwa · ■ Batiyagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****5%**

**24%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****63%**

**45%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Purwa?

■ Purwa · ■ Batiyagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**65.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**906

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**926

Working population ****47.8%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 63.1% for women. 54% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (9%) · **■** Household industry 3 (4%) · **■** Other work 4 (5%) · **■** Marginal 57 (74%)

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 Batiyagarh

- Kariya Pipar197 people
- Chuna Sagoni191 people
- Deodara188 people
- Semar Kachhar164 people
- Achalpura156 people
- Shahpura Mal156 people
- Khutiyani149 people
- Sakari148 people

[All 150 villages in Batiyagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/damoh/batiyagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Purwa from Damoh?54 km by road
- What is the population of Purwa?161 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purwa in?Damoh district (Batiyagarh sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purwa?71.5% (Census 2011)