# Purakalan Village, Hathras, Mahamaya Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Hathras, Mahamaya Nagar 

# Purakalan

Purakalan is a village in Hathras sub-district of Mahamaya Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,180 people in 354 households**, the 41st largest of 248 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,180people (2011)
- 354households
- 64.8%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purakalan

Of every 100 households in Purakalan in 2011, 56 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purakalan · ■ Hathras rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**58%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**81%

Tap water ****5%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**89%

Use banking services ****56%**

**64%

Television ****29%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**24%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**9%

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 Purakalan?

■ Purakalan · ■ Hathras rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**866

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**861

Working population ****39.1%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 51.2% for women. 50% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (16%) · **■** Household industry 136 (16%) · **■** Other work 75 (9%) · **■** Marginal 405 (48%)

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 Hathras

- Jhingura2,266 people
- Pura Khurd2,236 people
- Kharwa2,210 people
- Nagla Alia2,191 people
- Korna Chamarua2,138 people
- Koka2,133 people
- Gangchauli2,073 people
- Kumrai2,053 people

[All 258 villages in Hathras](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahamaya-nagar/hathras/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purakalan?2,180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purakalan in?Mahamaya Nagar district (Hathras sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purakalan?64.8% (Census 2011)