# Purana Dih Village, Chakia, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chakia, Chandauli 

# Purana Dih

Purana Dih is a village in Chakia sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **387 people in 78 households**, the 324th largest of 531 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 387people (2011)
- 78households
- 60.6%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purana Dih

Of every 100 households in Purana Dih in 2011, 43 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purana Dih · ■ Chakia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**24%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****100%**

**80%

Television ****13%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**14%

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 Purana Dih?

■ Purana Dih · ■ Chakia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1484**

**924

Working population ****48.1%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 53.0% for women. 49% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (68%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 57 (31%)

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 Chakia

- Godi391 people
- Bisaura390 people
- Semariya389 people
- Dorhapur Khalsa388 people
- Kamti Kalan384 people
- Inder Purwa383 people
- Sadipur380 people
- Batauwa379 people

[All 623 villages in Chakia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/chakia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purana Dih?387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purana Dih in?Chandauli district (Chakia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purana Dih?60.6% (Census 2011)