# Purash Village, Amta - I, Haora (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Amta - I, Haora 

# Purash

Purash is a village in Amta - I sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,150 people in 447 households**, the 34th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.0%.

- 2,150people (2011)
- 447households
- 81.1%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purash

Of every 100 households in Purash in 2011, 78 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purash · ■ Amta - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**36%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**79%

Use banking services ****56%**

**33%

Television ****49%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purash?

■ Purash · ■ Amta - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**81.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**966

Working population ****37.5%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 76.1% for women. 67% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (24%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 521 (65%) · **■** Marginal 50 (6%)

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 Amta - I

- Bhetkepara2,422 people
- Ranapara2,420 people
- Chakpota2,299 people
- Kashtasangara2,282 people
- Chhota Mahara2,132 people
- Uttar Ramchandrapur1,985 people
- Mato1,920 people
- Madhyakul1,888 people

[All 73 villages in Amta - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/amta-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purash?2,150 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purash in?Haora district (Amta - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purash?81.1% (Census 2011)