# Pura Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Pura

Pura is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,060 people in 432 households**, the 47th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 2,060people (2011)
- 432households
- 76.2%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pura

Of every 100 households in Pura in 2011, 63 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pura · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**30%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**88%

Use banking services ****59%**

**42%

Television ****32%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**26%

Own their home ****93%**

**98%

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 Pura?

■ Pura · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**959

Working population ****39.6%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 67.4% for women. 60% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 282 (35%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 231 (28%) · **■** Marginal 256 (31%)

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 Arambag

- Kapsit2,208 people
- Uttar Narayanpur2,175 people
- Pandugram2,137 people
- Dakshin Narayanpur2,070 people
- Bachhanari2,044 people
- Uttar Rasulpur2,032 people
- Satmasa2,026 people
- Balia2,021 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pura?2,060 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pura in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pura?76.2% (Census 2011)