# Puthia Village, Onda, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Onda, Bankura 

# Puthia

Puthia is a village in Onda sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,163 people in 492 households**, the 17th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.

- 2,163people (2011)
- 492households
- 79.3%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puthia

Of every 100 households in Puthia in 2011, 75 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 30 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Puthia · ■ Onda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****30%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****27%**

**70%

Use banking services ****69%**

**58%

Television ****61%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**20%

Own their home ****92%**

**99%

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 Puthia?

■ Puthia · ■ Onda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**65.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**937

Working population ****36.3%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 73.4% for women. 53% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (26%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 402 (51%) · **■** Marginal 139 (18%)

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 Onda

- Chabra2,548 people
- Puncha2,291 people
- Nikunjapur2,239 people
- Surpa Nagar2,223 people
- Dhabani2,129 people
- Chak Nakaijuri2,115 people
- Diga2,081 people
- Kanta Bari2,011 people

[All 291 villages in Onda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/onda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puthia?2,163 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puthia in?Bankura district (Onda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puthia?79.3% (Census 2011)