# Kotalpukur Village, Barjora, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Kotalpukur

Kotalpukur is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **590 people in 155 households**, the 106th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 590people (2011)
- 155households
- 69.5%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kotalpukur

Of every 100 households in Kotalpukur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotalpukur · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**52%

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

**22%

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

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**32%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****32%**

**65%

Use banking services ****9%**

**60%

Television ****4%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kotalpukur?

■ Kotalpukur · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1269**

**943

Working population ****43.6%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 56.7% for women. 59% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 14 (5%) · **■** Other work 47 (18%) · **■** Marginal 174 (68%)

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 Barjora

- Beleshola602 people
- Palashbani601 people
- Gour Mohanpur597 people
- Uara597 people
- Pataspur573 people
- Methena572 people
- Metia Narayanpur550 people
- Srikrishnapur547 people

[All 198 villages in Barjora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/barjora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kotalpukur?590 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotalpukur in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kotalpukur?69.5% (Census 2011)