# Purasi Village, Maharajganj, Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Rae Bareli 

# Purasi

Purasi is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,894 people in 354 households**, the 87th largest of 203 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.5%.

- 1,894people (2011)
- 354households
- 66.0%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purasi

Of every 100 households in Purasi in 2011, 31 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purasi · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**81%

Tap water ****33%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**35%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****94%**

**78%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**10%

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 Purasi?

■ Purasi · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**65.5%

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

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**933

Working population ****29.2%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 56.6% for women. 39% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 150 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 188 (34%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 26 (5%) · **■** Marginal 180 (33%)

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 Maharajganj

- Jagdishpur1,953 people
- Kusuri Sagarpur1,945 people
- Sarain Chhatradhari1,932 people
- Rasulpur1,907 people
- Govindpur1,884 people
- Sabji1,875 people
- Bahuda Khurd1,852 people
- Para Khurd1,848 people

[All 203 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/rae-bareli/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purasi?1,894 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purasi in?Rae Bareli district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purasi?66.0% (Census 2011)