Purwa
Uruwa block · Gorakhpur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 273407
· village code 187123
Population 2011
965
Census of India
Population 2020
1,550
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+60.6%
585 people · 5.4% a year
Households
202
+24.7% vs 162 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
965
Male / female
478 / 487
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,019
Children aged 0–6
155
Literacy rate
55.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
94
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.8%
Households
162
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
104
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
152
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 20 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purwa panchayat, Uruwa 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
₹729
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹8.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6,701
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹290 · received ₹3.58 lakh · spent ₹3.51 lakh · left ₹6,649
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹439 · received ₹5.36 lakh · spent ₹5.37 lakh · left ₹52
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5405, 83.2203 —
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