# Poalkura Village, Bhatar, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhatar, Barddhaman 

# Poalkura

Poalkura is a village in Bhatar sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,357 people in 300 households**, the 70th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 1,357people (2011)
- 300households
- 74.8%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Poalkura

Of every 100 households in Poalkura in 2011, 43 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Poalkura · ■ Bhatar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**29%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**87%

Use banking services ****97%**

**57%

Television ****16%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Poalkura?

■ Poalkura · ■ Bhatar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**71.5%

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

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**953

Working population ****41.0%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 65.5% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 297 (53%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 70 (13%) · **■** Marginal 51 (9%)

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 Bhatar

- Dhandalsa1,455 people
- Ratanpur1,418 people
- Muraripur1,414 people
- Nutangram1,401 people
- Balsidanga1,340 people
- Kurumba1,330 people
- Usha1,279 people
- Mandarbati1,268 people

[All 107 villages in Bhatar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/bhatar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Poalkura?1,357 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Poalkura in?Barddhaman district (Bhatar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Poalkura?74.8% (Census 2011)