# Popara Village, Rampurhat - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - II, Birbhum 

# Popara

Popara is a village in Rampurhat - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,315 people in 341 households**, the 44th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 1,315people (2011)
- 341households
- 69.5%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Popara

Of every 100 households in Popara in 2011, 58 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Popara · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****34%**

**27%

Television ****33%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****40%**

**56%

Own their home ****98%**

**91%

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 Popara?

■ Popara · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**942

Working population ****38.2%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 61.3% for women. 58% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (19%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 142 (28%) · **■** Marginal 202 (40%)

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 Rampurhat - II

- Batina1,492 people
- Bara Gare1,437 people
- Isira1,431 people
- Harirampur1,384 people
- Balsa1,312 people
- Dhalla1,290 people
- Ambha1,283 people
- Uttar Narayanpur1,247 people

[All 94 villages in Rampurhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Popara?1,315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Popara in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Popara?69.5% (Census 2011)