Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman
# Purbba Kasiara

Purbba Kasiara is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 546 people in 133 households, the 97th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.
- 546 people (2011)
- 133 households
- 75.0% literacy
- 1,015 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Kasiara

Of every 100 households in Purbba Kasiara in 2011, 48 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Kasiara · ■ Memari - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 48% 50%
- Toilet within the home 61% 52%
- No toilet (open defecation) 39% 43%
- Tap water 0% 24%
- Drinking water within premises 22% 37%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 74%
- Use banking services 95% 39%
- Television 23% 30%
- Mobile phone 35% 42%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 8% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 21% 22%
- Own their home 93% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Purbba Kasiara?

■ Purbba Kasiara · ■ Memari - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 75.0% 73.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1015 973
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1320 973
- Working population 42.3% 45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 69.8% for women. 66% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 49 (21%) · ■ Farm labourers 146 (63%) · ■ Other work 30 (13%) · ■ Marginal 6 (3%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Memari - I
- Panchkhea 614 people
- Kamalpur 599 people
- Patra 580 people
- Sitarambati 555 people
- Ilamdanga 544 people
- Dharmma Simla 539 people
- Iswampur 518 people
- Balidanga 515 people

All 112 villages in Memari - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Purbba Kasiara? 546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Kasiara in? Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Kasiara? 75.0% (Census 2011)

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