# Purauna Village, Bighapur, Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Bighapur, Unnao 

# Purauna

Purauna is a village in Bighapur sub-district of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,095 people in 422 households**, the 41st largest of 300 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.4%.

- 2,095people (2011)
- 422households
- 68.5%literacy
- 1,056females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purauna

Of every 100 households in Purauna in 2011, 8 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purauna · ■ Bighapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**25%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****81%**

**78%

Television ****18%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**9%

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 Purauna?

■ Purauna · ■ Bighapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**73.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1056**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1174**

**919

Working population ****57.6%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 60.4% for women. 58% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 379 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (12%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (3%) · **■** Marginal 631 (52%)

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 Bighapur

- Alipur2,200 people
- Panai Buzurg2,171 people
- Dubai2,139 people
- Akampur2,107 people
- Akbabad2,055 people
- Sarai Manihar1,919 people
- Nasirpur1,892 people
- Unchgaon1,773 people

[All 313 villages in Bighapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/unnao/bighapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purauna?2,095 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purauna in?Unnao district (Bighapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purauna?68.5% (Census 2011)