# Pure Shanker Village, Lalganj, Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh/lalganj/pure-shanker/

Village · Lalganj, Pratapgarh 

# Pure Shanker

Pure Shanker is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **690 people in 99 households**, the 290th largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.5%.

- 690people (2011)
- 99households
- 74.2%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pure Shanker

Of every 100 households in Pure Shanker in 2011, 42 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pure Shanker · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****99%**

**82%

Television ****43%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Pure Shanker?

■ Pure Shanker · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**67.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****640**

**927

Working population ****43.6%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 64.5% for women. 47% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 289 (96%)

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

- Harmapur693 people
- Ramnagar Kol693 people
- Chandapur692 people
- Pure Fattesingh691 people
- Husainpur683 people
- Kanhaiya Dullapur681 people
- Chitari679 people
- Pure Tikaram677 people

[All 446 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pure Shanker?690 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pure Shanker in?Pratapgarh district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pure Shanker?74.2% (Census 2011)