# Purethakurain Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Purethakurain

Purethakurain is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **444 people in 117 households**, the 494th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 444people (2011)
- 117households
- 50.5%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purethakurain

Of every 100 households in Purethakurain in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purethakurain · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****73%**

**73%

Television ****10%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Purethakurain?

■ Purethakurain · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.5%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****742**

**889

Working population ****22.7%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.2% for men and 41.8% for women. 32% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (10%) · **■** Other work 28 (28%) · **■** Marginal 5 (5%)

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 Handia

- Sarkuddinpur460 people
- Miraipur459 people
- Saraya Mand457 people
- Toderpur449 people
- Ramipur433 people
- Majhiyari Ta. Chhatauna428 people
- Hakimpur424 people
- Foolaha Urf Rasulaha422 people

[All 625 villages in Handia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/handia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purethakurain?444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purethakurain in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purethakurain?50.5% (Census 2011)