Village · Rampurhat - II, Birbhum
# Purba Anantapur

Purba Anantapur is a village in Rampurhat - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,618 people in 434 households, the 34th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.
- 1,618 people (2011)
- 434 households
- 82.2% literacy
- 924 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Anantapur

Of every 100 households in Purba Anantapur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Anantapur · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 6% 33%
- Toilet within the home 14% 16%
- No toilet (open defecation) 86% 83%
- Tap water 0% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 11% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 98% 27%
- Television 7% 14%
- Mobile phone 10% 20%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 42% 56%
- Own their home 94% 91%

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

## What is the population of Purba Anantapur?

■ Purba Anantapur · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 82.2% 70.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 924 945
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 924 942
- Working population 28.6% 34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 74.1% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 168 (36%) · ■ Farm labourers 113 (24%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 23 (5%) · ■ Marginal 157 (34%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Rampurhat - II
- Kayemba 1,677 people
- Santoshpur 1,674 people
- Kaluha 1,661 people
- Uttar Shibpur 1,622 people
- Ekdala 1,615 people
- Gaytha 1,577 people
- Jagadishpur 1,566 people
- Nima Pakhuria 1,557 people

All 94 villages in Rampurhat - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Purba Anantapur? 1,618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Anantapur in? Birbhum district (Rampurhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Anantapur? 82.2% (Census 2011)

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