# Putahari Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Putahari

Putahari is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,563 people in 370 households**, the 30th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,563people (2011)
- 370households
- 62.8%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Putahari

Of every 100 households in Putahari in 2011, 10 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Putahari · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**81%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****11%**

**18%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Putahari?

■ Putahari · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****813**

**955

Working population ****44.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 54.8% for women. 54% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 193 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (29%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 49 (7%) · **■** Marginal 257 (37%)

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 Kushmundi

- Saraihat Bajedonor1,684 people
- Khantapara1,682 people
- Katasan1,604 people
- Uttarpara1,594 people
- Minapara1,535 people
- Isnail1,531 people
- Ujil1,491 people
- Maligaon1,472 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Putahari?1,563 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Putahari in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Putahari?62.8% (Census 2011)