# Pora Bazar Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Pora Bazar

Pora Bazar is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,740 people in 436 households**, the 52nd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,740people (2011)
- 436households
- 75.2%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pora Bazar

Of every 100 households in Pora Bazar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pora Bazar · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**48%

Tap water ****36%**

**19%

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

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**84%

Use banking services ****36%**

**58%

Television ****39%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Pora Bazar?

■ Pora Bazar · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1189**

**962

Working population ****43.9%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 69.2% for women. 64% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 59 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 209 (27%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 161 (21%) · **■** Marginal 331 (43%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Deulpara1,835 people
- Uttar Abhirampur1,779 people
- Durga Prasad1,755 people
- Radha Nagar1,746 people
- Balidanga1,731 people
- Muidipur1,731 people
- Kharu1,724 people
- Dedhara1,706 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pora Bazar?1,740 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pora Bazar in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pora Bazar?75.2% (Census 2011)