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

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Purba Patrahati

Purba Patrahati is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,002 people in 218 households**, the 57th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,002people (2011)
- 218households
- 69.9%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Patrahati

Of every 100 households in Purba Patrahati in 2011, 62 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purba Patrahati · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**75%

Use banking services ****88%**

**53%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Patrahati?

■ Purba Patrahati · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**948

Working population ****38.5%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 58.5% for women. 62% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (26%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 53 (14%) · **■** Marginal 46 (12%)

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

- Junshara1,097 people
- Madanmohanpur1,059 people
- Bandi Rampur1,043 people
- Khag Baikunthapur1,042 people
- Krishna Sayer969 people
- Keneti967 people
- Hamirhati955 people
- Kalyanpur951 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Patrahati?1,002 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Patrahati in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Patrahati?69.9% (Census 2011)