# Puhana Village, Roorkee, Hardwar (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Roorkee, Hardwar 

# Puhana

Puhana is a village in Roorkee sub-district of Hardwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **3,669 people in 556 households**, the 57th largest of 266 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 3,669people (2011)
- 556households
- 49.8%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puhana

Of every 100 households in Puhana in 2011, 90 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Puhana · ■ Roorkee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**48%

Tap water ****35%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**86%

Use banking services ****42%**

**64%

Television ****36%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**26%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**11%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Puhana?

■ Puhana · ■ Roorkee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.8%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**879

Working population ****22.8%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.4% for men and 39.2% for women. 42% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (21%) · **■** Household industry 53 (6%) · **■** Other work 362 (43%) · **■** Marginal 81 (10%)

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 Roorkee

- Raheempur3,795 people
- Lahvauli3,768 people
- Banjarewala Grunt3,744 people
- Bharapur3,687 people
- Safarpur3,668 people
- Hallu Mazara3,618 people
- Latherdewa Shekh3,585 people
- Sartheri Shahjahanpur3,578 people

[All 309 villages in Roorkee](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/hardwar/roorkee/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puhana?3,669 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puhana in?Hardwar district (Roorkee sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Puhana?49.8% (Census 2011)