# Purasarwan Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Purasarwan

Purasarwan is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,138 people in 152 households**, the 229th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,138people (2011)
- 152households
- 53.5%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purasarwan

Of every 100 households in Purasarwan in 2011, 3 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purasarwan · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**82%

Tap water ****91%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**45%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****83%**

**80%

Television ****5%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****94%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purasarwan?

■ Purasarwan · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.5%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1082**

**920

Working population ****33.0%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 37.3% for women. 38% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 73 (19%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 296 (79%)

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 Shahganj

- Etauri1,158 people
- Urali1,155 people
- Junedpur1,148 people
- Nagava1,140 people
- Ghooripur1,131 people
- Bhagasa1,126 people
- Kazipur1,120 people
- Sansar Patti1,110 people

[All 543 villages in Shahganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/shahganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purasarwan?1,138 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purasarwan in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purasarwan?53.5% (Census 2011)