# Pura Lachchan Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Pura Lachchan

Pura Lachchan is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,215 people in 188 households**, the 162nd largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,215people (2011)
- 188households
- 71.7%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pura Lachchan

Of every 100 households in Pura Lachchan in 2011, 40 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pura Lachchan · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****45%**

**73%

Television ****25%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Pura Lachchan?

■ Pura Lachchan · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**912

Working population ****20.1%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 56.3% for women. 37% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 39 (16%) · **■** Marginal 204 (84%)

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 Meja

- Chapartala Tappa Chaurasi1,235 people
- Sigati1,223 people
- Uman1,218 people
- Mahuaon Kalan1,215 people
- Bharari1,209 people
- Pal Patti1,205 people
- Khaminiya1,204 people
- Dhedhra1,203 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pura Lachchan?1,215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pura Lachchan in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pura Lachchan?71.7% (Census 2011)