# Purkhas Village, Chail, Kaushambi (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Chail, Kaushambi 

# Purkhas

Purkhas is a village in Chail sub-district of Kaushambi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **8,967 people in 1,503 households**, the 3rd largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.4%.

- 8,967people (2011)
- 1,503households
- 65.9%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purkhas

Of every 100 households in Purkhas in 2011, 20 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purkhas · ■ Chail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

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

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**92%

Use banking services ****77%**

**70%

Television ****25%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purkhas?

■ Purkhas · ■ Chail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**61.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**892

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1009**

**927

Working population ****41.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 55.4% for women. 51% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 625 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,730 (47%) · **■** Household industry 25 (1%) · **■** Other work 371 (10%) · **■** Marginal 930 (25%)

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 Chail

- Charwa22,701 people
- Sayd Sarawan11,010 people
- Basuhar7,783 people
- Kajoo7,619 people
- Patti Parwaijabad6,166 people
- Plhana Uprhar5,910 people

[All 264 villages in Chail](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kaushambi/chail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purkhas?8,967 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purkhas in?Kaushambi district (Chail sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purkhas?65.9% (Census 2011)