Village · Lalganj, Mirzapur
# Purakashi Nath

Purakashi Nath is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 723 people in 124 households, the 177th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.
- 723 people (2011)
- 124 households
- 59.5% literacy
- 883 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purakashi Nath

Of every 100 households in Purakashi Nath in 2011, 16 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purakashi Nath · ■ Lalganj rural average
- Electricity for lighting 16% 13%
- Toilet within the home 2% 8%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 91%
- Tap water 2% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 23% 16%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 98%
- Use banking services 89% 75%
- Television 9% 11%
- Mobile phone 49% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 20% 16%
- Own their home 98% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Purakashi Nath?

■ Purakashi Nath · ■ Lalganj rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.5% 60.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 883 905
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 924 908
- Working population 51.9% 39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.5% for men and 47.0% for women. 51% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 87 (23%) · ■ Farm labourers 141 (38%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 22 (6%) · ■ Marginal 124 (33%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Lalganj
- Kharihat Khurd 737 people
- Kothi Khurd 737 people
- Baghai 724 people
- Murghura 723 people
- Parsia Khurd 722 people
- Madawa Newada 718 people
- Pandeypur 709 people
- Bastara Raja 702 people

All 431 villages in Lalganj

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Purakashi Nath? 723 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purakashi Nath in? Mirzapur district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purakashi Nath? 59.5% (Census 2011)

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