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

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Puranpara

Puranpara is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,416 people in 350 households**, the 51st largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,416people (2011)
- 350households
- 80.3%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puranpara

Of every 100 households in Puranpara in 2011, 46 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puranpara · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****42%**

**27%

Television ****32%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Puranpara?

■ Puranpara · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**936

Working population ****45.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 76.3% for women. 61% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (13%) · **■** Household industry 49 (8%) · **■** Other work 281 (44%) · **■** Marginal 193 (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

- Pulinda1,512 people
- Uday1,481 people
- Pargaon1,479 people
- Sayrapur1,438 people
- Gangarampur1,396 people
- Latkeshabpur1,378 people
- Raghunathbati1,356 people
- Mathurapur1,321 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puranpara?1,416 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puranpara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puranpara?80.3% (Census 2011)