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Puranpur Population - Nainital, Uttarakhand

Puranpur is a medium size village located in Kaladhungi Tehsil of Nainital district, Uttarakhand with total 254 families residing. The Puranpur village has population of 1298 of which 665 are males while 633 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puranpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 13.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puranpur village is 952 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Puranpur as per census is 868, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Puranpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Puranpur village was 83.78 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Puranpur Male literacy stands at 91.46 % while female literacy rate was 75.81 %.

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

Puranpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,298 665 633
Child (0-6) 170 91 79
Schedule Caste 422 214 208
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.78 % 91.46 % 75.81 %
Total Workers 564 344 220
Main Worker 530 - -
Marginal Worker 34 14 20

Caste Factor

Puranpur village of Nainital has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.51 % of total population in Puranpur village. The village Puranpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puranpur village out of total population, 564 were engaged in work activities. 93.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 564 workers engaged in Main Work, 367 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.