Village · Karchhana, Allahabad
# Purawa Khas

Purawa Khas is a village in Karchhana sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 3,910 people in 640 households, the 33rd largest of 303 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.
- 3,910 people (2011)
- 640 households
- 76.2% literacy
- 885 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purawa Khas

Of every 100 households in Purawa Khas in 2011, 54 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purawa Khas · ■ Karchhana rural average
- Electricity for lighting 54% 43%
- Toilet within the home 25% 19%
- No toilet (open defecation) 75% 79%
- Tap water 2% 17%
- Drinking water within premises 21% 25%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 10% 12%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 87% 86%
- Use banking services 59% 69%
- Television 43% 35%
- Mobile phone 40% 60%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 20% 21%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 3%
- None of these assets 9% 7%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Purawa Khas?

■ Purawa Khas · ■ Karchhana rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 76.2% 68.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 885 909
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1010 926
- Working population 25.9% 33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 65.6% for women. 43% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 176 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 259 (26%) · ■ Household industry 75 (7%) · ■ Other work 361 (36%) · ■ Marginal 142 (14%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Karchhana
- Dandi 4,185 people
- Bhandra Umar Ganj 4,148 people
- Bongi 4,095 people
- Kaithi 3,941 people
- Amba 3,832 people
- Karchana 3,775 people
- Tilakhwar 3,728 people
- Bardaha 3,680 people

All 333 villages in Karchhana

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Purawa Khas? 3,910 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purawa Khas in? Allahabad district (Karchhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purawa Khas? 76.2% (Census 2011)

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