# Purwa Dasapur Village, Biswan, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Biswan, Sitapur 

# Purwa Dasapur

Purwa Dasapur is a village in Biswan sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,072 people in 363 households**, the 126th largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.1%.

- 2,072people (2011)
- 363households
- 74.6%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purwa Dasapur

Of every 100 households in Purwa Dasapur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purwa Dasapur · ■ Biswan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**58%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****80%**

**78%

Television ****9%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Purwa Dasapur?

■ Purwa Dasapur · ■ Biswan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**53.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**947

Working population ****30.2%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 60.7% for women. 45% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 223 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (9%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (8%) · **■** Marginal 284 (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

- Kourasan2,106 people
- Meyodhee Chholaha2,091 people
- Banni Ghorain2,083 people
- Tajpur2,077 people
- Patni2,034 people
- Lasakarpur2,008 people
- Semara Kala2,008 people
- Shankarpur2,006 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purwa Dasapur?2,072 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purwa Dasapur in?Sitapur district (Biswan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purwa Dasapur?74.6% (Census 2011)