# Purwana Village, Kotdwara, Garhwal (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Kotdwara, Garhwal 

# Purwana

Purwana is a village in Kotdwara sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **74 people in 17 households**, the 205th largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 74people (2011)
- 17households
- 89.5%literacy
- 1,242females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purwana

Of every 100 households in Purwana in 2011, 95 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purwana · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**29%

Tap water ****95%**

**86%

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

**64%

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

**60%

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

**39%

Use banking services ****100%**

**85%

Television ****26%**

**73%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**22%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****74%**

**12%

Own their home ****95%**

**80%

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 Purwana?

■ Purwana · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.5%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1242**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**873

Working population ****20.3%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 82.4% for women. 36% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 2 (13%) · **■** Other work 7 (47%) · **■** Marginal 6 (40%)

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 Kotdwara

- Umreila Malla78 people
- Goriya75 people
- Bhairgaon74 people
- Goajetta74 people
- Dalkhil Malanya70 people
- Mahar Gaun70 people
- Chamola69 people
- Dangala69 people

[All 315 villages in Kotdwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/kotdwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purwana?74 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purwana in?Garhwal district (Kotdwara sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Purwana?89.5% (Census 2011)