# Pure Than Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Pure Than

Pure Than is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **482 people in 93 households**, the 359th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 482people (2011)
- 93households
- 48.8%literacy
- 819females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pure Than

Of every 100 households in Pure Than in 2011, 24 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 92 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pure Than · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**93%

Tap water ****98%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**96%

Use banking services ****89%**

**74%

Television ****18%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****92%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**11%

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 Pure Than?

■ Pure Than · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.8%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****819**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1162**

**922

Working population ****57.9%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.3% for men and 36.2% for women. 58% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 267 (96%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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

- Birawa511 people
- Pure Dikshit501 people
- Bataura Lohangi499 people
- Dinkariya488 people
- Pakari470 people
- Yakubpur455 people
- Banjariya452 people
- Narayanpur Khurd406 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pure Than?482 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pure Than in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pure Than?48.8% (Census 2011)