# Purana Thal Village, Berinag, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Berinag, Pithoragarh 

# Purana Thal

Purana Thal is a village in Berinag sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **316 people in 78 households**, the 41st largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 316people (2011)
- 78households
- 79.4%literacy
- 1,093females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purana Thal

Of every 100 households in Purana Thal in 2011, 99 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Purana Thal · ■ Berinag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**42%

Tap water ****82%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**74%

Use banking services ****100%**

**84%

Television ****73%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Purana Thal?

■ Purana Thal · ■ Berinag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1093**

**1073

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**806

Working population ****51.6%**

**40.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 72.7% for women. 50% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 102 (63%) · **■** Other work 57 (35%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Berinag

- Simayal328 people
- Karala Mahar327 people
- Merala322 people
- Suklyari321 people
- Sagar315 people
- Masuriya310 people
- Lejam293 people
- Gwir Panth288 people

[All 299 villages in Berinag](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/berinag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purana Thal?316 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purana Thal in?Pithoragarh district (Berinag sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Purana Thal?79.4% (Census 2011)