# Purakonda Village, Barjora, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Purakonda

Purakonda is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,238 people in 309 households**, the 43rd largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,238people (2011)
- 309households
- 66.7%literacy
- 853females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purakonda

Of every 100 households in Purakonda in 2011, 37 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purakonda · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**32%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**65%

Use banking services ****51%**

**60%

Television ****25%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**20%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Purakonda?

■ Purakonda · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****853**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**943

Working population ****35.8%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 57.8% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 231 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (11%) · **■** Household industry 75 (17%) · **■** Other work 53 (12%) · **■** Marginal 34 (8%)

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

- Kanchchhala1,293 people
- Dhabani1,277 people
- Sarali1,256 people
- Dangarpara1,243 people
- Barkura1,190 people
- Baguli1,179 people
- Nirisha1,168 people
- Sangrampur1,154 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purakonda?1,238 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purakonda in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purakonda?66.7% (Census 2011)