# Purwa Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Purwa

Purwa is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **965 people in 162 households**, the 204th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 965people (2011)
- 162households
- 66.2%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purwa

Of every 100 households in Purwa in 2011, 28 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Purwa · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**82%

Tap water ****26%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****64%**

**80%

Television ****23%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**7%

Own their home ****94%**

**98%

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 Purwa?

■ Purwa · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1214**

**904

Working population ****9.7%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 54.7% for women. 17% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 11 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (4%) · **■** Other work 7 (7%) · **■** Marginal 72 (77%)

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 Khajni

- Dhandhupar976 people
- Dhamachia975 people
- Katwar971 people
- Chaudia Masan970 people
- Karamdawa Buzurg961 people
- Jhurase959 people
- Dohariya Prana-Nath958 people
- Majhganva955 people

[All 769 villages in Khajni](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/khajni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purwa?965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purwa in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purwa?66.2% (Census 2011)