# Puraina Village, Mahmudabad, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mahmudabad, Sitapur 

# Puraina

Puraina is a village in Mahmudabad sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **343 people in 54 households**, the 313th largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%.

- 343people (2011)
- 54households
- 47.6%literacy
- 681females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puraina

Of every 100 households in Puraina in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puraina · ■ Mahmudabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**90%

Tap water ****100%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**49%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****76%**

**80%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Mahmudabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.6%**

**56.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****681**

**881

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****767**

**943

Working population ****29.2%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.5% for men and 34.0% for women. 48% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 95 (95%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 4 (4%)

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 Mahmudabad

- Fatehpurwa369 people
- Pholwaripur363 people
- Purwarewan360 people
- Palia Kalan347 people
- Gaddrapur340 people
- Umrapur332 people
- Bakhari Khurd330 people
- Kanjia330 people

[All 346 villages in Mahmudabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/mahmudabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puraina?343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puraina in?Sitapur district (Mahmudabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Puraina?47.6% (Census 2011)