# Purainia Village, Marihan, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Marihan, Mirzapur 

# Purainia

Purainia is a village in Marihan sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **978 people in 151 households**, the 96th largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.0%.

- 978people (2011)
- 151households
- 72.3%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purainia

Of every 100 households in Purainia in 2011, 28 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Purainia · ■ Marihan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****100%**

**85%

Television ****24%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

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 Purainia?

■ Purainia · ■ Marihan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**61.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****723**

**939

Working population ****39.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 64.3% for women. 51% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 253 (65%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 24 (6%)

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 Marihan

- Khantara1,037 people
- Parsauna1,014 people
- Karauda1,006 people
- Garhawa1,003 people
- Rampur Atari975 people
- Basahi971 people
- Bhawan965 people
- Bhawanipur944 people

[All 221 villages in Marihan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/marihan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purainia?978 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purainia in?Mirzapur district (Marihan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purainia?72.3% (Census 2011)