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Puraina Population - Basti, Uttar Pradesh

Puraina is a medium size village located in Basti Tehsil of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh with total 84 families residing. The Puraina village has population of 613 of which 281 are males while 332 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puraina village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 22.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puraina village is 1181 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Puraina as per census is 1029, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Puraina village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Puraina village was 68.42 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Puraina Male literacy stands at 79.34 % while female literacy rate was 59.54 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Puraina 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 Puraina village.

Puraina Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 613 281 332
Child (0-6) 138 68 70
Schedule Caste 167 78 89
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.42 % 79.34 % 59.54 %
Total Workers 90 85 5
Main Worker 74 - -
Marginal Worker 16 16 0

Caste Factor

Puraina village of Basti has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.24 % of total population in Puraina village. The village Puraina currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puraina village out of total population, 90 were engaged in work activities. 82.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 90 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.