# Puranpur Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Puranpur

Puranpur is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **960 people in 159 households**, the 236th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 960people (2011)
- 159households
- 73.1%literacy
- 1,202females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puranpur

Of every 100 households in Puranpur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Puranpur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**27%

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

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****84%**

**82%

Television ****22%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**7%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Puranpur?

■ Puranpur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1202**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1634**

**912

Working population ****21.8%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 63.7% for women. 41% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (47%) · **■** Household industry 46 (22%) · **■** Other work 15 (7%) · **■** Marginal 36 (17%)

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

- Dingurpur987 people
- Gothauli984 people
- Shivram Pur Kalan982 people
- Amuwar975 people
- Patkhauli957 people
- Keraon956 people
- Nihalapur951 people
- Nahar Patti944 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puranpur?960 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puranpur in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puranpur?73.1% (Census 2011)