# Puranpur Village, Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Puranpur

Puranpur is a village in Kanpur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,415 people in 668 households**, the 46th largest of 252 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 3,415people (2011)
- 668households
- 83.8%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puranpur

Of every 100 households in Puranpur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puranpur · ■ Kanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**28%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****91%**

**73%

Television ****20%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Puranpur?

■ Puranpur · ■ Kanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.8%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****756**

**885

Working population ****31.0%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 75.0% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 304 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (18%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 108 (10%) · **■** Marginal 453 (43%)

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 Kanpur

- Mahuwa Gaon3,576 people
- Tikra Kanpur3,471 people
- Mardanpur3,454 people
- Hathigaon3,427 people
- Chaurai3,268 people
- Palibhogipur3,235 people
- Maholi3,089 people
- Sikathiya3,046 people

[All 279 villages in Kanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/kanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puranpur?3,415 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puranpur in?Kanpur Nagar district (Kanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puranpur?83.8% (Census 2011)