# Papurdihi Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Papurdihi

Papurdihi is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,001 people in 209 households**, the 32nd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,001people (2011)
- 209households
- 69.9%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Papurdihi

Of every 100 households in Papurdihi in 2011, 29 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Papurdihi · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**68%

Use banking services ****27%**

**35%

Television ****20%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Papurdihi?

■ Papurdihi · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**961

Working population ****46.0%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 56.5% for women. 55% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 87 (19%) · **■** Marginal 285 (62%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bankura - I

- Manushmura1,088 people
- Dabra1,077 people
- Chhendua1,064 people
- Hetyasol1,045 people
- Manoharpur971 people
- Bolara927 people
- Jambuni920 people
- Rasunkur919 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Papurdihi?1,001 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Papurdihi in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Papurdihi?69.9% (Census 2011)