# Tursi Village, Harraiya, Basti (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Tursi

Tursi is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,321 people in 236 households**, the 142nd largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,321people (2011)
- 236households
- 60.3%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tursi

Of every 100 households in Tursi in 2011, 24 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Tursi · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**24%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****90%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**48%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****92%**

**91%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Tursi?

■ Tursi · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1009**

**928

Working population ****26.5%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 46.4% for women. 43% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 140 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 15 (4%) · **■** Marginal 190 (54%)

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

- Gunda Kunvar1,347 people
- Nideuri Khamhaua1,340 people
- Basantpur1,329 people
- Pithiya Laskari1,323 people
- Shambhupur1,317 people
- Kangai Bujurg1,316 people
- Gauriya Nain1,312 people
- Ramwapur Kala1,309 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tursi?1,321 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tursi in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tursi?60.3% (Census 2011)