Pure Bansi

Pure Bansi Pura Bansi
Village
Map showing Pure Bansi (#309) in Dih CD block
26°12′35″N 81°29′25″E / 26.209801°N 81.490157°E / 26.209801; 81.490157[1]
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Raebareli
Area [2]
• Total	0.618 km2 (0.239 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	667
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-35

Pure Bansi is a large village in Dih block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[2] It is located 21 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters.^[3] As of 2011, it has a population of 667 people, in 123 households.^[2] It has one primary school and no healthcare facilities. It hosts a permanent market but not a weekly haat.^[2] Pure Bansi belongs to the nyaya panchayat of Mau.^[4]

The 1951 census recorded Pure Bansi as comprising 2 hamlets, with a population of 224 people (102 male and 122 female), in 45 households and 44 physical houses.^[5] The area of the village was given as 179 acres.^[5] 1 resident was literate, a male.^[5] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rokha and the thana of Nasirabad.^[5]

The 1961 census recorded Pure Bansi (as "Pure Banshi") as comprising 1 hamlet, with a total population of 258 people (134 male and 124 female), in 50 households and 50 physical houses.^[6] The area of the village was given as 179 acres.^[6]

The 1981 census recorded Pure Bansi as having a population of 363 people, in 109 households.^[3] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.^[3]

The 1991 census recorded Pure Bansi as having a total population of 448 people (231 male and 217 female), in 87 households and 87 physical houses.^[4] The area of the village was listed as 69 hectares.^[4] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 97, or 22% of the total; this group was 57% male (55) and 43% female (42).^[4] Members of scheduled castes made up 57% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.^[4] The literacy rate of the village was 11% (49 men and 1 woman).^[4] 130 people were classified as main workers (all men), while 46 people were classified as marginal workers (3 men and 43 women); the remaining 272 residents were non-workers.^[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 112 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 15 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 0 household industry workers; 0 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 2 construction workers; 0 employed in trade and commerce; 1 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 0 in other services.^[4]