# Kanak Purwa Village, Rudhauli, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Rudhauli, Basti 

# Kanak Purwa

Kanak Purwa is a village in Rudhauli sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **450 people in 75 households**, the 168th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.

- 450people (2011)
- 75households
- 59.6%literacy
- 1,153females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanak Purwa

Of every 100 households in Kanak Purwa in 2011, 12 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanak Purwa · ■ Rudhauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**87%

Tap water ****59%**

**38%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****88%**

**87%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Kanak Purwa?

■ Kanak Purwa · ■ Rudhauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**65.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1153**

**1001

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**945

Working population ****24.2%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 46.0% for women. 39% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 50 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (6%) · **■** Other work 8 (7%) · **■** Marginal 44 (40%)

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 Rudhauli

- Pandria Subansrai455 people
- Pandri454 people
- Drwakla450 people
- Haniwanta450 people
- Bahadurpur448 people
- Pathari447 people
- Bangawan444 people
- Choubepur441 people

[All 284 villages in Rudhauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/rudhauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanak Purwa?450 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanak Purwa in?Basti district (Rudhauli sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanak Purwa?59.6% (Census 2011)