# Pursunda Village, Khoyrasol, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Khoyrasol, Birbhum 

# Pursunda

Pursunda is a village in Khoyrasol sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,297 people in 569 households**, the 18th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 2,297people (2011)
- 569households
- 61.8%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pursunda

Of every 100 households in Pursunda in 2011, 25 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pursunda · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**19%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**51%

Use banking services ****14%**

**52%

Television ****11%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pursunda?

■ Pursunda · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1169**

**935

Working population ****29.6%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 54.1% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 466 (69%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 107 (16%) · **■** Marginal 27 (4%)

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 Khoyrasol

- Naopara2,658 people
- Sahapur2,597 people
- Nabasan2,498 people
- Hariektala2,362 people
- Kendgara2,110 people
- Bhimgara2,068 people
- Bahadurpur2,000 people
- Bhadulia1,979 people

[All 170 villages in Khoyrasol](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/khoyrasol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pursunda?2,297 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pursunda in?Birbhum district (Khoyrasol sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pursunda?61.8% (Census 2011)