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Purana Population - Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Purana is a medium size village located in Robertsganj Tehsil of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh with total 244 families residing. The Purana village has population of 1293 of which 653 are males while 640 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purana village population of children with age 0-6 is 206 which makes up 15.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purana village is 980 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Purana as per census is 1102, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Purana village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purana village was 66.42 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Purana Male literacy stands at 80.18 % while female literacy rate was 52.07 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Purana village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Purana village.

Purana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 244 - -
Population 1,293 653 640
Child (0-6) 206 98 108
Schedule Caste 266 135 131
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.42 % 80.18 % 52.07 %
Total Workers 597 318 279
Main Worker 269 - -
Marginal Worker 328 153 175

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.57 % of total population in Purana village. The village Purana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purana village out of total population, 597 were engaged in work activities. 45.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 597 workers engaged in Main Work, 129 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.