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

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Purba Nabasan

Purba Nabasan is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,446 people in 347 households**, the 36th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,446people (2011)
- 347households
- 56.2%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Nabasan

Of every 100 households in Purba Nabasan in 2011, 35 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purba Nabasan · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**75%

Use banking services ****40%**

**53%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Nabasan?

■ Purba Nabasan · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1112**

**948

Working population ****57.6%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 44.5% for women. 64% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 131 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 458 (55%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 102 (12%) · **■** Marginal 138 (17%)

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

- Mahanpur1,544 people
- Palshare1,525 people
- Chakai1,476 people
- Ban Parulia1,461 people
- Bara1,421 people
- Amshol1,389 people
- Purba Nandarampur1,376 people
- Pathara1,356 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Nabasan?1,446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Nabasan in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Nabasan?56.2% (Census 2011)