# Purana Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Purana

Purana is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,052 people in 368 households**, the 30th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,052people (2011)
- 368households
- 67.2%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purana

Of every 100 households in Purana in 2011, 15 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Purana · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**98%

Use banking services ****95%**

**86%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

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 Purana?

■ Purana · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****995**

**929

Working population ****53.5%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 55.4% for women. 54% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 186 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 321 (29%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 60 (5%) · **■** Marginal 520 (47%)

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 Ghorawal

- Pagia2,170 people
- Parwania2,135 people
- Orhatha2,103 people
- Kanhari2,095 people
- Thuter2,007 people
- Visahar2,001 people
- Murtiya1,998 people
- Karia1,938 people

[All 345 villages in Ghorawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/ghorawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purana?2,052 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purana in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purana?67.2% (Census 2011)