# Purpaldihi Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Purpaldihi

Purpaldihi is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **235 people in 60 households**, the 186th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 235people (2011)
- 60households
- 95.0%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purpaldihi

Of every 100 households in Purpaldihi in 2011, 63 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purpaldihi · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**85%

Use banking services ****100%**

**57%

Television ****35%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Purpaldihi?

■ Purpaldihi · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.0%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****444**

**961

Working population ****33.2%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.5% for men and 93.5% for women. 62% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 64 (82%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (6%) · **■** Marginal 7 (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 Sainthia

- Hariharpur249 people
- Dumuria246 people
- Maligram245 people
- Kalora237 people
- Nagpathar230 people
- Netaipur227 people
- Kunla225 people
- Uttar Hazrapur218 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purpaldihi?235 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purpaldihi in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purpaldihi?95.0% (Census 2011)