# Puraina Village, Bisalpur, Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bisalpur, Pilibhit 

# Puraina

Puraina is a village in Bisalpur sub-district of Pilibhit district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,395 people in 231 households**, the 131st largest of 426 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.1%.

- 1,395people (2011)
- 231households
- 71.8%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puraina

Of every 100 households in Puraina in 2011, 1 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puraina · ■ Bisalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**68%

Tap water ****11%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**75%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**77%

Television ****15%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Puraina?

■ Puraina · ■ Bisalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**64.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**876

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**907

Working population ****27.4%**

**30.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 58.6% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (52%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 7 (2%)

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 Bisalpur

- Badhera1,412 people
- Uganpur Bisalpur1,412 people
- Gulenda Gautia1,406 people
- Bahadurpur T. Hukmi Must.1,404 people
- Manpur Bisalpur1,394 people
- Nawadyia Marouri1,394 people
- Tikri Mafi1,394 people
- Biharipur Kamirkha1,368 people

[All 468 villages in Bisalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/pilibhit/bisalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puraina?1,395 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puraina in?Pilibhit district (Bisalpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puraina?71.8% (Census 2011)