# Puraun Village, Tilhar, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Tilhar, Shahjahanpur 

# Puraun

Puraun is a village in Tilhar sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,539 people in 276 households**, the 120th largest of 567 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 56.9%.

- 1,539people (2011)
- 276households
- 56.4%literacy
- 850females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puraun

Of every 100 households in Puraun in 2011, 0 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Puraun · ■ Tilhar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**70%

Tap water ****62%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****80%**

**71%

Television ****17%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**19%

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 Puraun?

■ Puraun · ■ Tilhar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**56.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****850**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**908

Working population ****39.9%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 44.9% for women. 54% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 223 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 217 (35%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (6%) · **■** Marginal 129 (21%)

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 Tilhar

- Rajpur1,559 people
- Ishawara1,548 people
- Amanpur1,546 people
- Shahpur Khitaoa1,545 people
- Pipari1,537 people
- Sunaura Rampur1,534 people
- Rampur1,530 people
- Rampur1,529 people

[All 627 villages in Tilhar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/tilhar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puraun?1,539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puraun in?Shahjahanpur district (Tilhar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puraun?56.4% (Census 2011)