Puraina
Karanda block · Ghazipur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 205262
· village code 205262
Population 2011
1,118
Census of India
Population 2020
2,613
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+133.7%
1,495 people · 9.9% a year
Households
240
+32.6% vs 181 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,118
Male / female
579 / 539
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
931
Children aged 0–6
139
Literacy rate
63.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
75 / 0
Working population
223
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.7%
Households
181
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
86
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
225
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
179 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
179 / 179 / 32
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Puraina panchayat, Karanda 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
₹6.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.74 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹3.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.42 lakh · received ₹1.50 lakh · spent ₹2.81 lakh · left ₹1.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.19 lakh · received ₹2.24 lakh · spent ₹70,088 · left ₹5.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.4775, 83.4683 —
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