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Purana Population - Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Purana is a large village located in Ghorawal Tehsil of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh with total 368 families residing. The Purana village has population of 2052 of which 1028 are males while 1024 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purana village population of children with age 0-6 is 389 which makes up 18.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purana village is 996 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Purana as per census is 995, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Purana village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purana village was 67.17 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Purana Male literacy stands at 78.87 % while female literacy rate was 55.42 %.

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

Purana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 368 - -
Population 2,052 1,028 1,024
Child (0-6) 389 195 194
Schedule Caste 1,163 584 579
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.17 % 78.87 % 55.42 %
Total Workers 1,098 556 542
Main Worker 578 - -
Marginal Worker 520 197 323

Caste Factor

In Purana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.68 % of total population in Purana village. The village Purana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purana village out of total population, 1098 were engaged in work activities. 52.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1098 workers engaged in Main Work, 186 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 321 were Agricultural labourer.