# Purwa Village, Bakshi Ka Talab, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bakshi Ka Talab, Lucknow 

# Purwa

Purwa is a village in Bakshi Ka Talab sub-district of Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **460 people in 94 households**, the 170th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 460people (2011)
- 94households
- 69.3%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purwa

Of every 100 households in Purwa in 2011, 4 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purwa · ■ Bakshi Ka Talab rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**76%

Tap water ****4%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**31%

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

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**83%

Use banking services ****51%**

**77%

Television ****5%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Purwa?

■ Purwa · ■ Bakshi Ka Talab rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1172**

**905

Working population ****24.6%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 61.4% for women. 45% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 61 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (19%) · **■** Other work 11 (10%) · **■** Marginal 20 (18%)

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 Bakshi Ka Talab

- Malhipur474 people
- Dhovaila470 people
- Saidapur468 people
- Rajpur467 people
- Bhesi452 people
- Gorahi443 people
- Khataiya436 people
- Shivkhar410 people

[All 186 villages in Bakshi Ka Talab](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/bakshi-ka-talab/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purwa?460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purwa in?Lucknow district (Bakshi Ka Talab sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purwa?69.3% (Census 2011)