# Puranpur Village, Kaladhungi, Nainital (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kaladhungi, Nainital 

# Puranpur

Puranpur is a village in Kaladhungi sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,298 people in 254 households**, the 10th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,298people (2011)
- 254households
- 83.8%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puranpur

Of every 100 households in Puranpur in 2011, 86 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Puranpur · ■ Kaladhungi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**31%

Tap water ****86%**

**80%

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

**45%

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

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**66%

Use banking services ****77%**

**74%

Television ****62%**

**59%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**23%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****15%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**90%

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 Puranpur?

■ Puranpur · ■ Kaladhungi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.8%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****868**

**911

Working population ****43.5%**

**46.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 75.8% for women. 52% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 367 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (16%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 63 (11%) · **■** Marginal 34 (6%)

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 Kaladhungi

- Bajuniya Haldu1,701 people
- Gulrajpur Banki1,485 people
- Kaladungi Bandobasti1,393 people
- Bandar Jura1,368 people
- Rampur1,231 people
- Gebua Khas1,204 people
- Semal Chaur1,195 people
- Ginti Gaon1,161 people

[All 124 villages in Kaladhungi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/nainital/kaladhungi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puranpur?1,298 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puranpur in?Nainital district (Kaladhungi sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Puranpur?83.8% (Census 2011)