# Purela Village, Raniganj, Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Raniganj, Pratapgarh 

# Purela

Purela is a village in Raniganj sub-district of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,496 people in 444 households**, the 49th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.

- 2,496people (2011)
- 444households
- 70.7%literacy
- 1,066females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purela

Of every 100 households in Purela in 2011, 6 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purela · ■ Raniganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**85%

Tap water ****8%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****90%**

**84%

Television ****15%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**20%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**5%

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 Purela?

■ Purela · ■ Raniganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**72.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**1001

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**904

Working population ****56.8%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 54.9% for women. 60% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 370 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (12%) · **■** Household industry 32 (2%) · **■** Other work 137 (10%) · **■** Marginal 709 (50%)

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 Raniganj

- Ram Nagar2,577 people
- Rakha2,576 people
- Ramgarh2,547 people
- Behdaul Khurd2,499 people
- Shivsat2,490 people
- Dhanaupur2,468 people
- Kusfara2,448 people
- Kanevra Purey Khushali2,441 people

[All 303 villages in Raniganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh/raniganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purela?2,496 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purela in?Pratapgarh district (Raniganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purela?70.7% (Census 2011)