# Purkhas Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Purkhas

Purkhas is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,324 people in 397 households**, the 19th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,324people (2011)
- 397households
- 64.2%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purkhas

Of every 100 households in Purkhas in 2011, 21 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purkhas · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****93%**

**86%

Television ****21%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Purkhas?

■ Purkhas · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**929

Working population ****48.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 56.1% for women. 53% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 281 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 616 (55%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (4%) · **■** Marginal 160 (14%)

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

- Jogani2,453 people
- Saranga2,382 people
- Silapi2,366 people
- Ghoriya2,350 people
- Hinauti2,304 people
- Sirvit2,290 people
- Siwadar2,207 people
- Bardiya2,202 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purkhas?2,324 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purkhas in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purkhas?64.2% (Census 2011)