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

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Pura Dayal

Pura Dayal is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,877 people in 296 households**, the 130th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,877people (2011)
- 296households
- 70.9%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pura Dayal

Of every 100 households in Pura Dayal in 2011, 7 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Pura Dayal · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**85%

Tap water ****37%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**34%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****94%**

**84%

Television ****12%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**19%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dayal?

■ Pura Dayal · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****691**

**924

Working population ****19.9%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 54.8% for women. 24% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 173 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 190 (51%)

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

- Amawan1,895 people
- Dan1,890 people
- Nizamuddinpur1,889 people
- Chandauli1,880 people
- Bhairopur1,871 people
- Kothari1,854 people
- Sarai Rai Chanda1,854 people
- Ghisuwa Khurd1,846 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pura Dayal?1,877 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pura Dayal in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pura Dayal?70.9% (Census 2011)