# Puraina Village, Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar 

# Puraina

Puraina is a village in Mehdawal sub-district of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **738 people in 108 households**, the 218th largest of 454 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.7%.

- 738people (2011)
- 108households
- 63.0%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puraina

Of every 100 households in Puraina in 2011, 32 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Puraina · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**89%

Tap water ****22%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**94%

Use banking services ****94%**

**78%

Television ****22%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****94%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**8%

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 Puraina?

■ Puraina · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**60.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**941

Working population ****32.0%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 45.8% for women. 49% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 170 (72%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (7%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 39 (17%)

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 Mehdawal

- Jigina755 people
- Bandubhar753 people
- Bhelakhe Rgkala747 people
- Dabra742 people
- Devalasa735 people
- Gopal Pur735 people
- Nagpur732 people
- Dumaria730 people

[All 518 villages in Mehdawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-kabir-nagar/mehdawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puraina?738 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puraina in?Sant Kabir Nagar district (Mehdawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puraina?63.0% (Census 2011)