# Paruwa Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Paruwa

Paruwa is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,512 people in 242 households**, the 158th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,512people (2011)
- 242households
- 68.7%literacy
- 1,233females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paruwa

Of every 100 households in Paruwa in 2011, 28 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paruwa · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****70%**

**82%

Television ****28%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

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 Paruwa?

■ Paruwa · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1233**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**912

Working population ****17.9%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 57.4% for women. 36% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (40%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (16%) · **■** Marginal 51 (19%)

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 Kerakat

- Jamsar1,574 people
- Chaukian1,573 people
- Chauri1,564 people
- Barmalpur1,554 people
- Kardaha1,494 people
- Kanhauli1,484 people
- Khalispur Khurd1,478 people
- Madar1,478 people

[All 424 villages in Kerakat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/kerakat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paruwa?1,512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paruwa in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Paruwa?68.7% (Census 2011)