# Purawa Village, Lalganj, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Lalganj, Mirzapur 

# Purawa

Purawa is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **210 people in 36 households**, the 323rd largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.

- 210people (2011)
- 36households
- 72.1%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purawa

Of every 100 households in Purawa in 2011, 13 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purawa · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****72%**

**75%

Television ****26%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purawa?

■ Purawa · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**60.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1455**

**908

Working population ****33.3%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 56.3% for women. 49% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (9%) · **■** Other work 9 (13%) · **■** Marginal 24 (34%)

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 Lalganj

- Patehara Pandey Khurd227 people
- Lolai Patti220 people
- Son Barasa220 people
- Rampur Devi Din211 people
- Gambhirpur Raja203 people
- Pura Thakur Ram199 people
- Magardaha195 people
- Lamaua187 people

[All 431 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purawa?210 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purawa in?Mirzapur district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purawa?72.1% (Census 2011)