# Purba Banpur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Purba Banpur

Purba Banpur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,232 people in 305 households**, the 97th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,232people (2011)
- 305households
- 78.7%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Banpur

Of every 100 households in Purba Banpur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purba Banpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**48%

Tap water ****21%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**26%

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

**10%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****48%**

**58%

Television ****25%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

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

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Purba Banpur?

■ Purba Banpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****746**

**962

Working population ****39.8%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 71.8% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 108 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 255 (52%) · **■** Other work 116 (24%) · **■** Marginal 11 (2%)

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

- Chitla1,249 people
- Dakshin Mamudpur1,247 people
- Kak Gachhi1,245 people
- Sahbazar1,233 people
- Mallikpur1,222 people
- Kabilpur1,213 people
- Tegachhi Bhabanipur1,205 people
- Madpur1,201 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Banpur?1,232 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Banpur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Banpur?78.7% (Census 2011)