# Pulinda Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Pulinda

Pulinda is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,512 people in 348 households**, the 47th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,512people (2011)
- 348households
- 81.3%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pulinda

Of every 100 households in Pulinda in 2011, 6 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pulinda · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****82%**

**27%

Television ****8%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**37%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Pulinda?

■ Pulinda · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**936

Working population ****46.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 78.5% for women. 57% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 222 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (31%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (7%) · **■** Marginal 212 (30%)

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 Gangarampur

- Purbba Bishnupur1,654 people
- Nandanpur1,626 people
- Ratinathpur1,517 people
- Tilna1,514 people
- Uday1,481 people
- Pargaon1,479 people
- Sayrapur1,438 people
- Puranpara1,416 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pulinda?1,512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pulinda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pulinda?81.3% (Census 2011)