# Punji Khera Village, Biswan, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Biswan, Sitapur 

# Punji Khera

Punji Khera is a village in Biswan sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,536 people in 270 households**, the 177th largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.1%.

- 1,536people (2011)
- 270households
- 53.4%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punji Khera

Of every 100 households in Punji Khera in 2011, 11 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Punji Khera · ■ Biswan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**88%

Tap water ****64%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**58%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****78%**

**78%

Television ****20%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

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 Punji Khera?

■ Punji Khera · ■ Biswan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.4%**

**53.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**947

Working population ****34.4%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.5% for men and 39.4% for women. 40% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (30%) · **■** Household industry 20 (4%) · **■** Other work 24 (5%) · **■** Marginal 236 (45%)

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 Biswan

- Majgawa Khurd1,560 people
- Barchata1,549 people
- Devariya Kala1,541 people
- Bagha Dhack1,540 people
- Rauapur1,532 people
- Mujehna1,518 people
- Lodhoura1,497 people
- Anlor1,445 people

[All 347 villages in Biswan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/biswan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Punji Khera?1,536 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punji Khera in?Sitapur district (Biswan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Punji Khera?53.4% (Census 2011)