# Puria Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Puria

Puria is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **531 people in 128 households**, the 91st largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 531people (2011)
- 128households
- 59.3%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puria

Of every 100 households in Puria in 2011, 40 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puria · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**42%

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

**40%

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

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****27%**

**32%

Television ****15%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Puria?

■ Puria · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**972

Working population ****30.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.6% for men and 56.9% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (40%) · **■** Other work 36 (22%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Bansihari

- Kamalpur569 people
- Chenra559 people
- Haldi538 people
- Naopara534 people
- Bighva527 people
- Uttar Lakshmipur524 people
- Uttar Daulatpur511 people
- Suripukur505 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puria?531 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puria in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puria?59.3% (Census 2011)