# Purenia Village, Nawabganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nawabganj, Bareilly 

# Purenia

Purenia is a village in Nawabganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,707 people in 319 households**, the 82nd largest of 297 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.4%.

- 1,707people (2011)
- 319households
- 76.8%literacy
- 835females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purenia

Of every 100 households in Purenia in 2011, 11 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purenia · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**54%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**86%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**93%

Use banking services ****96%**

**78%

Television ****33%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**13%

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 Purenia?

■ Purenia · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**61.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****835**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**899

Working population ****29.2%**

**32.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 64.8% for women. 51% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 207 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (8%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 53 (11%) · **■** Marginal 192 (38%)

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 Nawabganj

- Paiga1,765 people
- Amberpur1,732 people
- Santoshpur1,730 people
- Satuiya Khurd1,727 people
- Khajuria Shri Ram1,702 people
- Thiriya Saidpur1,696 people
- Katiya Baldeo Singh1,672 people
- Abhai Rajpur1,662 people

[All 329 villages in Nawabganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/nawabganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purenia?1,707 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purenia in?Bareilly district (Nawabganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purenia?76.8% (Census 2011)