# Purandarpur Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Purandarpur

Purandarpur is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,189 people in 452 households**, the 15th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 2,189people (2011)
- 452households
- 75.6%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purandarpur

Of every 100 households in Purandarpur in 2011, 61 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purandarpur · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**56%

Use banking services ****39%**

**58%

Television ****27%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Purandarpur?

■ Purandarpur · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**924

Working population ****37.1%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 65.9% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (18%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 340 (42%) · **■** Marginal 232 (29%)

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 - II

- Bhuj Sohar2,706 people
- Kodalia2,654 people
- Kesekol2,555 people
- Magra2,519 people
- Ekteswar2,039 people
- Kalaberia2,033 people
- Pratappur1,958 people
- Karanjora1,907 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purandarpur?2,189 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purandarpur in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purandarpur?75.6% (Census 2011)