# Purainiya Village, Nautanwa, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nautanwa, Mahrajganj 

# Purainiya

Purainiya is a village in Nautanwa sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,572 people in 379 households**, the 62nd largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 2,572people (2011)
- 379households
- 63.2%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purainiya

Of every 100 households in Purainiya in 2011, 46 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purainiya · ■ Nautanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**87%

Tap water ****13%**

**46%

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

**40%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****77%**

**79%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**7%

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 Purainiya?

■ Purainiya · ■ Nautanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**939

Working population ****28.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 44.9% for women. 46% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 498 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (6%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (7%) · **■** Marginal 138 (19%)

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 Nautanwa

- Parauli2,606 people
- Manikapur2,600 people
- Terhi2,593 people
- Jagannath Pur2,588 people
- Ganeshpur2,542 people
- Gauharpur2,541 people
- Parsauni Kala2,521 people
- Sirsiya Masharki2,519 people

[All 266 villages in Nautanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/nautanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purainiya?2,572 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purainiya in?Mahrajganj district (Nautanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purainiya?63.2% (Census 2011)