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Purusha Population - Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh

Purusha is a medium size village located in Kannauj Tehsil of Kannauj district, Uttar Pradesh with total 85 families residing. The Purusha village has population of 463 of which 252 are males while 211 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purusha village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 10.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purusha village is 837 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Purusha as per census is 1083, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Purusha village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purusha village was 75.30 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Purusha Male literacy stands at 79.39 % while female literacy rate was 70.27 %.

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

Purusha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 463 252 211
Child (0-6) 50 24 26
Schedule Caste 88 52 36
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.30 % 79.39 % 70.27 %
Total Workers 235 174 61
Main Worker 113 - -
Marginal Worker 122 64 58

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.01 % of total population in Purusha village. The village Purusha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purusha village out of total population, 235 were engaged in work activities. 48.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 235 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.