# Puraina Village, Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar 

# Puraina

Puraina is a village in Shohratgarh sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **668 people in 107 households**, the 238th largest of 351 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.5%.

- 668people (2011)
- 107households
- 55.4%literacy
- 1,280females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puraina

Of every 100 households in Puraina in 2011, 10 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puraina · ■ Shohratgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**89%

Tap water ****1%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****79%**

**79%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Shohratgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**57.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1280**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1147**

**928

Working population ****30.1%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 44.8% for women. 46% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 82 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (34%) · **■** Other work 13 (6%) · **■** Marginal 38 (19%)

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 Shohratgarh

- Santori685 people
- Banagawa683 people
- Dafaranankar677 people
- Utaraula673 people
- Bokanar666 people
- Karaunda663 people
- Madhawapur662 people
- Sekhuiya658 people

[All 366 villages in Shohratgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/shohratgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puraina?668 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puraina in?Siddharthnagar district (Shohratgarh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puraina?55.4% (Census 2011)