# Purainiya Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Purainiya

Purainiya is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,077 people in 204 households**, the 232nd largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,077people (2011)
- 204households
- 48.5%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purainiya

Of every 100 households in Purainiya in 2011, 2 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purainiya · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**72%

Tap water ****12%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****74%**

**73%

Television ****8%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purainiya?

■ Purainiya · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.5%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**902

Working population ****21.5%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.9% for men and 41.6% for women. 38% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (22%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 132 (57%)

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 Chunar

- Kusami1,088 people
- Kukuhipur1,081 people
- Mukundpur1,080 people
- Ishwarpatti1,079 people
- Bikasi1,074 people
- Kakrahi1,072 people
- Domari1,071 people
- Phulahan1,058 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purainiya?1,077 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purainiya in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purainiya?48.5% (Census 2011)