# Puraina Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Puraina

Puraina is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,943 people in 405 households**, the 80th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 2,943people (2011)
- 405households
- 70.1%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puraina

Of every 100 households in Puraina in 2011, 3 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Puraina · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**93%

Tap water ****52%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****89%**

**74%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

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

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Puraina?

■ Puraina · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****792**

**922

Working population ****21.3%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 56.7% for women. 38% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 329 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (4%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 101 (16%) · **■** Marginal 156 (25%)

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 Colonelganj

- Gajsinghpur2,971 people
- Yahiya Chet2,968 people
- Shishamau2,961 people
- Padhi Bara2,947 people
- Susunda2,934 people
- Thakurapur2,932 people
- Basariya2,928 people
- Dubaha Bazar2,922 people

[All 387 villages in Colonelganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gonda/colonelganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puraina?2,943 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puraina in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puraina?70.1% (Census 2011)