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Purwa Population - Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Purwa is a medium size village located in Khajni Tehsil of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 162 families residing. The Purwa village has population of 965 of which 478 are males while 487 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 16.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purwa village is 1019 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Purwa as per census is 1214, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Purwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purwa village was 66.17 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Purwa Male literacy stands at 77.45 % while female literacy rate was 54.73 %.

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

Purwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 162 - -
Population 965 478 487
Child (0-6) 155 70 85
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.17 % 77.45 % 54.73 %
Total Workers 94 81 13
Main Worker 22 - -
Marginal Worker 72 61 11

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Purwa village of Gorakhpur district.

Work Profile

In Purwa village out of total population, 94 were engaged in work activities. 23.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 94 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.