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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 44 families residing. The Purwa village has population of 307 of which 165 are males while 142 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 20.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purwa village is 861 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Purwa as per census is 882, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Purwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purwa village was 49.79 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Purwa Male literacy stands at 61.07 % while female literacy rate was 36.61 %.

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 44 - -
Population 307 165 142
Child (0-6) 64 34 30
Schedule Caste 143 73 70
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.79 % 61.07 % 36.61 %
Total Workers 87 79 8
Main Worker 0 - -
Marginal Worker 87 79 8

Caste Factor

In Purwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.58 % of total population in Purwa village. The village Purwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purwa village out of total population, 87 were engaged in work activities. 0.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 100.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 87 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.