# Durga Purwa Village, Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat 

# Durga Purwa

Durga Purwa is a village in Akbarpur sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,084 people in 212 households**, the 163rd largest of 267 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 1,084people (2011)
- 212households
- 73.9%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durga Purwa

Of every 100 households in Durga Purwa in 2011, 20 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Durga Purwa · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**14%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****83%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****78%**

**68%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**4%

None of these assets ****28%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Durga Purwa?

■ Durga Purwa · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**866

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1147**

**899

Working population ****31.5%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 65.7% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 186 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 118 (35%) · **■** Marginal 30 (9%)

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 Akbarpur

- Aungi1,112 people
- Jagjiwanpur1,096 people
- Alam Chandpur1,092 people
- Saraiyan1,085 people
- Madwai1,081 people
- Birpur Naksiya1,072 people
- Lalpur Akbarpur1,069 people
- Jainpur1,066 people

[All 275 villages in Akbarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/akbarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durga Purwa?1,084 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durga Purwa in?Kanpur Dehat district (Akbarpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Durga Purwa?73.9% (Census 2011)