# Purbba Raypur Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Purbba Raypur

Purbba Raypur is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,146 people in 243 households**, the 90th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,146people (2011)
- 243households
- 76.0%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Raypur

Of every 100 households in Purbba Raypur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purbba Raypur · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**30%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**88%

Use banking services ****85%**

**42%

Television ****32%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purbba Raypur?

■ Purbba Raypur · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**959

Working population ****38.2%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 69.8% for women. 66% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (38%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 94 (21%) · **■** Marginal 73 (17%)

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

- Ratanpur1,170 people
- Siara1,162 people
- Ranhat1,155 people
- Gauri1,148 people
- Paschim Raypur1,145 people
- Samta1,110 people
- Kashtadahi1,104 people
- Krishna Ballabhpur1,095 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Raypur?1,146 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Raypur in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Raypur?76.0% (Census 2011)