# Purola Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Purola

Purola is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **2,394 people in 586 households**, the 1st largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 2,394people (2011)
- 586households
- 83.5%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purola

Of every 100 households in Purola in 2011, 97 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 78 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Purola · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**67%

Tap water ****94%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****78%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****18%**

**73%

Use banking services ****95%**

**88%

Television ****77%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**32%

Own their home ****45%**

**86%

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 Purola?

■ Purola · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****827**

**940

Working population ****34.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 73.0% for women. 44% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 342 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 412 (50%) · **■** Marginal 33 (4%)

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 Puraula

- Khablisera2,140 people
- Kandiyal Gaon1,818 people
- Gundiyar Gaon1,253 people
- Hudoli1,142 people

[All 84 villages in Puraula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/puraula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purola?2,394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purola in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Purola?83.5% (Census 2011)