# Purey Bichhur Village, Raniganj, Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Raniganj, Pratapgarh 

# Purey Bichhur

Purey Bichhur is a village in Raniganj sub-district of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,461 people in 247 households**, the 112th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.

- 1,461people (2011)
- 247households
- 70.7%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purey Bichhur

Of every 100 households in Purey Bichhur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purey Bichhur · ■ Raniganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**85%

Tap water ****27%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****94%**

**84%

Television ****13%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**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 Purey Bichhur?

■ Purey Bichhur · ■ Raniganj rural average

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

**72.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**1001

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**904

Working population ****40.3%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 53.8% for women. 46% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 24 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 474 (80%)

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

- Pacharas1,503 people
- Kahla1,496 people
- Sarai Jamuni1,476 people
- Nai Koat1,464 people
- Rampur Adharganj1,440 people
- Harpur Soudh1,412 people
- Sarai Raja1,400 people
- Chandpur1,399 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purey Bichhur?1,461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purey Bichhur in?Pratapgarh district (Raniganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purey Bichhur?70.7% (Census 2011)