# Puraina Village, Biswan, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Biswan, Sitapur 

# Puraina

Puraina is a village in Biswan sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **993 people in 194 households**, the 258th largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.1%.

- 993people (2011)
- 194households
- 59.5%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puraina

Of every 100 households in Puraina in 2011, 1 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Puraina · ■ Biswan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**6%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**58%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**78%

Television ****18%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**9%

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

**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 Puraina?

■ Puraina · ■ Biswan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**53.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****739**

**947

Working population ****39.9%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 48.0% for women. 52% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 171 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (19%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 33 (8%) · **■** Marginal 105 (27%)

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

- Kundi1,040 people
- Jhauakala1,021 people
- Dharmi Saray1,002 people
- Jajoli994 people
- Bhanipur986 people
- Karondi981 people
- Kamiyabpur974 people
- Kamariya Sekhupur967 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puraina?993 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puraina in?Sitapur district (Biswan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puraina?59.5% (Census 2011)