# Puranpur Village, Soraon, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Soraon, Allahabad 

# Puranpur

Puranpur is a village in Soraon sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,073 people in 187 households**, the 253rd largest of 404 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 1,073people (2011)
- 187households
- 70.6%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puranpur

Of every 100 households in Puranpur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Puranpur · ■ Soraon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**83%

Tap water ****9%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**25%

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

**10%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****79%**

**76%

Television ****30%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**21%

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

**2%

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

**7%

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 Puranpur?

■ Puranpur · ■ Soraon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**909

Working population ****39.3%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 59.0% for women. 46% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 198 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 55 (13%) · **■** Marginal 149 (35%)

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 Soraon

- Bankesar1,076 people
- Dasapur1,076 people
- Badalpur1,075 people
- Tajpur Urf Bhikhampur1,074 people
- Tejopur1,067 people
- Sarai Jado1,065 people
- Aladadpur1,050 people
- Khergapur1,037 people

[All 443 villages in Soraon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/soraon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puranpur?1,073 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puranpur in?Allahabad district (Soraon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puranpur?70.6% (Census 2011)