# Purava Village, Malihabad, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Malihabad, Lucknow 

# Purava

Purava is a village in Malihabad sub-district of Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,463 people in 304 households**, the 85th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 1,463people (2011)
- 304households
- 68.4%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purava

Of every 100 households in Purava in 2011, 27 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purava · ■ Malihabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**78%

Tap water ****51%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****80%**

**68%

Television ****23%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**12%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purava?

■ Purava · ■ Malihabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**929

Working population ****47.5%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 56.4% for women. 59% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (8%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (7%) · **■** Marginal 481 (69%)

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 Malihabad

- Ghusauli1,535 people
- Sarava1,534 people
- Danaur1,506 people
- Bhausa1,463 people
- Bhadesar Mau1,456 people
- Belgarha1,452 people
- Tilsua1,450 people
- Khushal Pur1,445 people

[All 187 villages in Malihabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/malihabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purava?1,463 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purava in?Lucknow district (Malihabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purava?68.4% (Census 2011)