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

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Village · Raniganj, Pratapgarh 

# Purey Gosain

Purey Gosain is a village in Raniganj sub-district of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,585 people in 382 households**, the 44th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.

- 2,585people (2011)
- 382households
- 75.1%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purey Gosain

Of every 100 households in Purey Gosain in 2011, 7 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purey Gosain · ■ Raniganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**85%

Tap water ****12%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**28%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****99%**

**84%

Television ****27%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**20%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**5%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gosain?

■ Purey Gosain · ■ Raniganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**72.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**1001

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**904

Working population ****37.1%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 57.6% for women. 50% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 181 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (9%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (9%) · **■** Marginal 599 (62%)

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

- Dighvat2,746 people
- Divaini2,732 people
- Behdaul Kala2,645 people
- Khar-Har2,623 people
- Ram Nagar2,577 people
- Rakha2,576 people
- Ramgarh2,547 people
- Behdaul Khurd2,499 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purey Gosain?2,585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purey Gosain in?Pratapgarh district (Raniganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purey Gosain?75.1% (Census 2011)