# Purucha Village, Ausgram - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Ausgram - II, Barddhaman 

# Purucha

Purucha is a village in Ausgram - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **460 people in 100 households**, the 88th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 460people (2011)
- 100households
- 68.1%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purucha

Of every 100 households in Purucha in 2011, 60 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purucha · ■ Ausgram - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**82%

Use banking services ****9%**

**71%

Television ****15%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Purucha?

■ Purucha · ■ Ausgram - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1048**

**989

Working population ****33.9%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 58.2% for women. 65% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (7%) · **■** Marginal 138 (88%)

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 Ausgram - II

- Kakra576 people
- Dhantor574 people
- Gobindapur570 people
- Sonaiaima Purba537 people
- Dombandi420 people
- Arjuri358 people
- Harishpur331 people
- Balarambati314 people

[All 106 villages in Ausgram - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/ausgram-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purucha?460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purucha in?Barddhaman district (Ausgram - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purucha?68.1% (Census 2011)