# Purkhipur Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Purkhipur

Purkhipur is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **393 people in 76 households**, the 229th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 393people (2011)
- 76households
- 45.4%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purkhipur

Of every 100 households in Purkhipur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purkhipur · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**28%

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

**12%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**28%

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

**36%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****74%**

**83%

Television ****0%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Purkhipur?

■ Purkhipur · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.4%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**933

Working population ****32.6%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.9% for men and 36.2% for women. 46% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (26%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (5%) · **■** Marginal 87 (68%)

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 Gauriganj

- Baburi Tola402 people
- Katgarpur401 people
- Lakhnapur401 people
- Parbhanpur399 people
- Ramai Pur381 people
- Keshopur379 people
- Paharpur373 people
- Chauhan Pur360 people

[All 259 villages in Gauriganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sultanpur/gauriganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purkhipur?393 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purkhipur in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purkhipur?45.4% (Census 2011)