# Pure Maha Village, Harraiya, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Pure Maha

Pure Maha is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **127 people in 27 households**, the 1266th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 127people (2011)
- 27households
- 37.5%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pure Maha

Of every 100 households in Pure Maha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pure Maha · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**48%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****100%**

**91%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**16%

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

**3%

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

**6%

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 Pure Maha?

■ Pure Maha · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.5%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**928

Working population ****76.4%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.2% for men and 28.0% for women. 77% of men and 76% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 18 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (12%) · **■** Other work 4 (4%) · **■** Marginal 63 (65%)

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 Harraiya

- Aganiyapur130 people
- Pure Bairag129 people
- Amauji Urf Mammanpur128 people
- Malgava128 people
- Trilokpur Shukla127 people
- Shambhupur126 people
- Sita Rampur126 people
- Chauperwa125 people

[All 1,527 villages in Harraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/harraiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pure Maha?127 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pure Maha in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pure Maha?37.5% (Census 2011)