# Pura Village, Mau, Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Mau, Chitrakoot 

# Pura

Pura is a village in Mau sub-district of Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,205 people in 214 households**, the 82nd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.5%.

- 1,205people (2011)
- 214households
- 75.2%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pura

Of every 100 households in Pura in 2011, 60 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Pura · ■ Mau rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**87%

Tap water ****33%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**96%

Use banking services ****94%**

**68%

Television ****36%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Mau rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**65.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****748**

**917

Working population ****35.4%**

**40.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 66.2% for women. 45% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 259 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (19%) · **■** Other work 37 (9%) · **■** Marginal 52 (12%)

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 Mau

- Atarsui1,252 people
- Itaha Devipur1,230 people
- Dhawada1,223 people
- Dhadhawar1,219 people
- Tikara1,181 people
- Lamakol1,148 people
- Lapaon1,136 people
- Karahi1,115 people

[All 215 villages in Mau](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chitrakoot/mau/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pura?1,205 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pura in?Chitrakoot district (Mau sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pura?75.2% (Census 2011)