# Puraina Village, Tulsipur, Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Tulsipur, Balrampur 

# Puraina

Puraina is a village in Tulsipur sub-district of Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,870 people in 412 households**, the 55th largest of 376 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 45.3%.

- 2,870people (2011)
- 412households
- 46.5%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puraina

Of every 100 households in Puraina in 2011, 2 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Puraina · ■ Tulsipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**89%

Tap water ****86%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**56%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****84%**

**81%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Puraina?

■ Puraina · ■ Tulsipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.5%**

**45.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**956

Working population ****26.9%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.2% for men and 32.1% for women. 45% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 271 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 305 (40%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 78 (10%) · **■** Marginal 96 (12%)

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 Tulsipur

- Biloha2,941 people
- Thakurapur2,940 people
- Ganeshpur2,939 people
- Jamveriya2,902 people
- Sishania Bargadhi2,850 people
- Razwapur2,848 people
- Adamtara2,836 people
- Mohkampur2,834 people

[All 386 villages in Tulsipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/balrampur/tulsipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puraina?2,870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puraina in?Balrampur district (Tulsipur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puraina?46.5% (Census 2011)