# Pura Chaknarain Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Pura Chaknarain

Pura Chaknarain is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **428 people in 72 households**, the 408th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 428people (2011)
- 72households
- 68.8%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pura Chaknarain

Of every 100 households in Pura Chaknarain in 2011, 7 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Pura Chaknarain · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**85%

Tap water ****7%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****88%**

**84%

Television ****58%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**19%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Pura Chaknarain?

■ Pura Chaknarain · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**924

Working population ****31.8%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 58.8% for women. 42% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (54%) · **■** Other work 8 (6%) · **■** Marginal 45 (33%)

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 Machhlishahr

- Kathar449 people
- Purabeni443 people
- Garawa442 people
- Nathupur436 people
- Nandpur419 people
- Jalalpur418 people
- Patulki418 people
- Jogipur Khas409 people

[All 513 villages in Machhlishahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/machhlishahr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pura Chaknarain?428 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pura Chaknarain in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pura Chaknarain?68.8% (Census 2011)