Purana
Ghorawal block · Sonbhadra
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 231210
· village code 212958
Population 2011
2,052
Census of India
Population 2020
2,870
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+39.9%
818 people · 3.8% a year
Households
460
+25.0% vs 368 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,052
Male / female
1,028 / 1,024
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
389
Literacy rate
54.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,163 / 0
Working population
1,098
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.4%
Households
368
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
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
Sub Centre
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
189
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
187
Non-farm households
270
Share of households farming, 2020
41%
Net sown area
136 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
122 / 136 / 9
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purana panchayat, Ghorawal 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
₹82,816
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.30 lakh
Received directly
₹3.57 lakh
Spent
₹12.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹63,579 · received ₹3.72 lakh · spent ₹6.71 lakh · left ₹1.22 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19,237 · received ₹5.58 lakh · spent ₹5.72 lakh · left ₹4,520
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.7387, 82.8464 —
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