# Purena Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Purena

Purena is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **940 people in 149 households**, the 233rd largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 940people (2011)
- 149households
- 69.4%literacy
- 825females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purena

Of every 100 households in Purena in 2011, 11 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Purena · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**69%

Tap water ****31%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**90%

Use banking services ****91%**

**77%

Television ****17%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Purena?

■ Purena · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****825**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****703**

**916

Working population ****30.7%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 54.2% for women. 52% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 150 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (39%) · **■** Other work 22 (8%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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 Powayan

- Chauseda969 people
- Manuwawari961 people
- Kumbhia Mafi960 people
- Pipariya Ghasi954 people
- Rampur Hira940 people
- Padri J. Chandpur938 people
- Padri Kishunpur938 people
- Jamduiya930 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purena?940 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purena in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purena?69.4% (Census 2011)