# Purba Dubrajpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Purba Dubrajpur

Purba Dubrajpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,500 people in 524 households**, the 14th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 2,500people (2011)
- 524households
- 56.4%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Dubrajpur

Of every 100 households in Purba Dubrajpur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Dubrajpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**75%

Use banking services ****21%**

**53%

Television ****4%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purba Dubrajpur?

■ Purba Dubrajpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****807**

**948

Working population ****51.1%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 48.1% for women. 58% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 248 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 654 (51%) · **■** Household industry 69 (5%) · **■** Other work 66 (5%) · **■** Marginal 241 (19%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Palshura2,611 people
- Dhulai2,607 people
- Kunda Pushkarini2,535 people
- Palashdanga2,502 people
- Rampur2,353 people
- Nityanandapur2,221 people
- Bhatpara2,155 people
- Uttar Dariapur2,074 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Dubrajpur?2,500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Dubrajpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Dubrajpur?56.4% (Census 2011)