# Pura Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Pura

Pura is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,548 people in 207 households**, the 173rd largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,548people (2011)
- 207households
- 77.5%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pura

Of every 100 households in Pura in 2011, 27 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pura · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**18%

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

**80%

Tap water ****6%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**93%

Use banking services ****94%**

**77%

Television ****35%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**9%

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 Pura?

■ Pura · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**911

Working population ****38.2%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 64.1% for women. 48% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 217 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (3%) · **■** Household industry 26 (4%) · **■** Other work 259 (44%) · **■** Marginal 74 (13%)

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 Sakaldiha

- Sakarari1,565 people
- Tripath1,565 people
- Jivanpur1,558 people
- Kailawar1,549 people
- Bahrawani1,541 people
- Jalalpur1,534 people
- Chahania1,517 people
- Naraina1,517 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pura?1,548 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pura in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pura?77.5% (Census 2011)