# Purara Village, Garud, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Garud, Bageshwar 

# Purara

Purara is a village in Garud sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,016 people in 221 households**, the 12th largest of 190 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.2%.

- 1,016people (2011)
- 221households
- 87.4%literacy
- 1,130females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purara

Of every 100 households in Purara in 2011, 89 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purara · ■ Garud rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**44%

Tap water ****54%**

**75%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**78%

Use banking services ****70%**

**78%

Television ****59%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**2%

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

**25%

Own their home ****92%**

**95%

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 Purara?

■ Purara · ■ Garud rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**81.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1130**

**1157

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**901

Working population ****43.7%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 79.8% for women. 42% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 119 (27%) · **■** Marginal 314 (71%)

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 Garud

- Pinglon1,118 people
- Maj Kot1,115 people
- Bhatriya1,091 people
- Kansyari1,063 people
- Gwar Pajena981 people
- Charna932 people
- Bhakunkhola883 people
- Naughar875 people

[All 197 villages in Garud](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/bageshwar/garud/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purara?1,016 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purara in?Bageshwar district (Garud sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Purara?87.4% (Census 2011)