# Purunia Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Purunia

Purunia is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,031 people in 232 households**, the 30th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,031people (2011)
- 232households
- 59.2%literacy
- 864females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purunia

Of every 100 households in Purunia in 2011, 37 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purunia · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**52%

Use banking services ****6%**

**36%

Television ****14%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purunia?

■ Purunia · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****864**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**937

Working population ****42.5%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 43.6% for women. 57% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (3%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 42 (10%) · **■** Marginal 268 (61%)

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 Mejhia

- Chuaberia1,224 people
- Arddhagram1,189 people
- Ikra1,129 people
- Lakshmanbandi1,125 people
- Jalanpur982 people
- Telenda980 people
- Kanshai965 people
- Dighalgram915 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purunia?1,031 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purunia in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purunia?59.2% (Census 2011)