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

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Purbba Shibpur

Purbba Shibpur is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **619 people in 149 households**, the 127th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 619people (2011)
- 149households
- 43.9%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Shibpur

Of every 100 households in Purbba Shibpur in 2011, 78 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purbba Shibpur · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**30%

Tap water ****92%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****3%**

**42%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Shibpur?

■ Purbba Shibpur · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.9%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**959

Working population ****33.8%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.9% for men and 34.9% for women. 62% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (62%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 50 (24%) · **■** Marginal 15 (7%)

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

- Bora699 people
- Bhabanipur696 people
- Subhayapur675 people
- Helar Chak655 people
- Khedail Kismat604 people
- Chak Madan587 people
- Fate Chak556 people
- Kulbayara530 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Shibpur?619 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Shibpur in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Shibpur?43.9% (Census 2011)