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Puraina Population - Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh

Puraina is a medium size village located in Maharajganj Tehsil of Maharajganj district, Uttar Pradesh with total 299 families residing. The Puraina village has population of 1811 of which 920 are males while 891 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puraina village population of children with age 0-6 is 300 which makes up 16.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puraina village is 968 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Puraina as per census is 948, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Puraina village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Puraina village was 64.99 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Puraina Male literacy stands at 80.16 % while female literacy rate was 49.40 %.

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 299 - -
Population 1,811 920 891
Child (0-6) 300 154 146
Schedule Caste 597 318 279
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.99 % 80.16 % 49.40 %
Total Workers 457 422 35
Main Worker 92 - -
Marginal Worker 365 344 21

Caste Factor

Puraina village of Maharajganj has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.97 % 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, 457 were engaged in work activities. 20.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 457 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.