# Puran Pur Village, Dhampur, Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dhampur, Bijnor 

# Puran Pur

Puran Pur is a village in Dhampur sub-district of Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,093 people in 188 households**, the 283rd largest of 658 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 1,093people (2011)
- 188households
- 64.5%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puran Pur

Of every 100 households in Puran Pur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Puran Pur · ■ Dhampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**47%

Tap water ****2%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**89%

Use banking services ****76%**

**78%

Television ****24%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**11%

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 Puran Pur?

■ Puran Pur · ■ Dhampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**880

Working population ****26.8%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 53.8% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (34%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 58 (20%) · **■** Marginal 87 (30%)

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 Dhampur

- Ajitpurdasi1,106 people
- Mubarakpur Madho1,106 people
- Mustafabad1,102 people
- Raiapur Lakra1,102 people
- Dhingrapur1,074 people
- Alampur1,069 people
- Basera Narain1,069 people
- Mehar Alipur1,063 people

[All 889 villages in Dhampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bijnor/dhampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puran Pur?1,093 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puran Pur in?Bijnor district (Dhampur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puran Pur?64.5% (Census 2011)