# Puraini Village, Kasya, Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kasya, Kushinagar 

# Puraini

Puraini is a village in Kasya sub-district of Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,281 people in 1,011 households**, the 10th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 6,281people (2011)
- 1,011households
- 56.3%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puraini

Of every 100 households in Puraini in 2011, 6 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Puraini · ■ Kasya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**81%

Tap water ****50%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****86%**

**88%

Television ****10%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Puraini?

■ Puraini · ■ Kasya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.3%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**925

Working population ****31.4%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 41.6% for women. 40% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 637 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 659 (33%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 62 (3%) · **■** Marginal 595 (30%)

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 Kasya

- Shekhwania Buzurg7,946 people
- Parwarpar7,276 people
- Sapha7,147 people
- Rahasujanubi Patti6,585 people
- Kuchaya6,005 people
- Andhya5,784 people
- Bhainsaha5,784 people
- Taruanwa5,603 people

[All 295 villages in Kasya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kushinagar/kasya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puraini?6,281 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puraini in?Kushinagar district (Kasya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puraini?56.3% (Census 2011)