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

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Purundihi

Purundihi is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **734 people in 144 households**, the 53rd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 734people (2011)
- 144households
- 73.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purundihi

Of every 100 households in Purundihi in 2011, 16 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purundihi · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**68%

Use banking services ****22%**

**35%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purundihi?

■ Purundihi · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**961

Working population ****37.7%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 57.1% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (25%) · **■** Household industry 20 (7%) · **■** Other work 23 (8%) · **■** Marginal 96 (35%)

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

- Matiakhola780 people
- Dupsara765 people
- Gangtara758 people
- Dhobagaon753 people
- Ekaira709 people
- Chinchura687 people
- Debipur684 people
- Barut659 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purundihi?734 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purundihi in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purundihi?73.7% (Census 2011)