Purshia
Sau Ghat block · Basti
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 272002
· village code 180457
Population 2011
1,826
Census of India
Population 2020
2,046
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.1%
220 people · 1.3% a year
Households
435
+60.5% vs 271 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,826
Male / female
918 / 908
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
989
Children aged 0–6
250
Literacy rate
62.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
413 / 75
Working population
449
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.9%
Households
271
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
243
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
344
Non-farm households
91
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
120 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
120 / 120 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purshia panchayat, Sau Ghat zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹1.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.69 lakh
Received directly
₹1.37 lakh
Spent
₹9.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3,275
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹0 · received ₹2.68 lakh · spent ₹4.05 lakh · left ₹0
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.91 lakh · received ₹4.01 lakh · spent ₹5.89 lakh · left ₹3,275
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.8108, 82.7314 —
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