# Purkuni Village, Kapkot, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Kapkot, Bageshwar 

# Purkuni

Purkuni is a village in Kapkot sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **976 people in 243 households**, the 12th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 976people (2011)
- 243households
- 63.4%literacy
- 1,188females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purkuni

Of every 100 households in Purkuni in 2011, 78 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purkuni · ■ Kapkot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**59%

Tap water ****85%**

**85%

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

**23%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****58%**

**86%

Television ****23%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purkuni?

■ Purkuni · ■ Kapkot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1188**

**1089

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**961

Working population ****24.9%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 48.3% for women. 32% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 169 (70%) · **■** Household industry 17 (7%) · **■** Other work 50 (21%) · **■** Marginal 7 (3%)

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 Kapkot

- Baret1,440 people
- Chachai1,323 people
- Wachham1,244 people
- Nankanyalikot1,240 people
- Farsali Walli967 people
- Sorag959 people
- Bamsera955 people
- Nakuri953 people

[All 156 villages in Kapkot](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/bageshwar/kapkot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purkuni?976 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purkuni in?Bageshwar district (Kapkot sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Purkuni?63.4% (Census 2011)