# Bhurkura Village, Misrikh, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/misrikh/bhurkura/

Village · Misrikh, Sitapur 

# Bhurkura

Bhurkura is a village in Misrikh sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,104 people in 208 households**, the 303rd largest of 586 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.

- 1,104people (2011)
- 208households
- 69.3%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhurkura

Of every 100 households in Bhurkura in 2011, 13 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Bhurkura · ■ Misrikh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**85%

Tap water ****54%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**94%

Use banking services ****97%**

**86%

Television ****27%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**1%

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

**14%

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 Bhurkura?

■ Bhurkura · ■ Misrikh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**65.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**872

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1132**

**916

Working population ****26.4%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 53.2% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (56%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (10%) · **■** Household industry 14 (5%) · **■** Other work 14 (5%) · **■** Marginal 72 (25%)

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 Misrikh

- Jhasapur1,114 people
- Kotra1,114 people
- Sej Kala1,112 people
- Fulrua1,110 people
- Bavordipur1,101 people
- Jianapur1,098 people
- Bajaria1,094 people
- Bahera1,093 people

[All 591 villages in Misrikh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/misrikh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhurkura?1,104 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhurkura in?Sitapur district (Misrikh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhurkura?69.3% (Census 2011)