# Purananda Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Purananda

Purananda is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **975 people in 141 households**, the 502nd largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 975people (2011)
- 141households
- 69.8%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purananda

Of every 100 households in Purananda in 2011, 9 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purananda · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**68%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**28%

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

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****96%**

**75%

Television ****26%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

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 Purananda?

■ Purananda · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**883

Working population ****43.3%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 55.8% for women. 44% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (5%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 40 (9%) · **■** Marginal 292 (69%)

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 Varanasi

- Sheorampur995 people
- Bhojubeer983 people
- Tamachabad981 people
- Ahmadpur976 people
- Nakain972 people
- Nayapur969 people
- Gobindpur966 people
- Hathiyar Kala965 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purananda?975 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purananda in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purananda?69.8% (Census 2011)