Purwa
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Purwa is a town and a Nagar panchayat
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Unnao district
Unnao District
Unnao District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The town of Unnao is the district headquarters. The district is part of Lucknow Division.-History:...

 in the India
India
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States and territories of India
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 of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
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Unnamed Soldiers in First World War

There is a white marble plaque in the village which commemorates the contribution of 33 unnamed men from the village, who went to the Great War 1914-1919 and fought on the side of the British
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 imperial
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 forces.

Demographics

India census
Census
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, Purwa had a population of 21,195.
Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. purwa has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 60%, and female literacy is 47%. In purwa, 30% of the population is under 12 years of age.

Economy

The economy of Purwa is agriculture based. The outskirts of Purwa block produce rice(specially Basmati and other fine rice varieties) and wheat.Some other food grain crops like toor,green gram,moong,gram,barley,maze etc. Hilauli block also produces mainly food grains.Mango orcharts have also great importance in this block.The agriculture is well developed,but irrigation system of the area is not well developed.Agriculture totally depends upon under ground water

Connectivity With Other Cities

It is nearby two popular cities of state Kanpur and Lucknow and connected by mainly road transport. You can take bus services from Charbag(Lucknow) Kaiserbag(Lucknow) Alambag(Lucknow).
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