# Tursama Village, Bhinga, Shrawasti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bhinga, Shrawasti 

# Tursama

Tursama is a village in Bhinga sub-district of Shrawasti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,642 people in 283 households**, the 169th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 25.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 42.8%.

- 1,642people (2011)
- 283households
- 25.5%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tursama

Of every 100 households in Tursama in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tursama · ■ Bhinga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**51%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****37%**

**68%

Television ****1%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**15%

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 Tursama?

■ Tursama · ■ Bhinga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****25.5%**

**42.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**935

Working population ****26.5%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 30.7% for men and 19.5% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 200 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (18%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (3%) · **■** Marginal 142 (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 Bhinga

- Jurpaniya1,690 people
- Piprahawa1,688 people
- Belhari1,686 people
- Sarka Barwa1,644 people
- Parsa Devtaha1,641 people
- Birpur1,623 people
- Gulra1,593 people
- Lalpur Kusmahwa1,587 people

[All 310 villages in Bhinga](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shrawasti/bhinga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tursama?1,642 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tursama in?Shrawasti district (Bhinga sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tursama?25.5% (Census 2011)