# Purbba Amarpur Village, Goghat - I, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - I, Hugli 

# Purbba Amarpur

Purbba Amarpur is a village in Goghat - I sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,027 people in 226 households**, the 55th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 1,027people (2011)
- 226households
- 76.0%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Amarpur

Of every 100 households in Purbba Amarpur in 2011, 80 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Amarpur · ■ Goghat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**39%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**24%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**90%

Use banking services ****41%**

**44%

Television ****51%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**15%

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 Amarpur?

■ Purbba Amarpur · ■ Goghat - I rural average

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

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****712**

**941

Working population ****44.6%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 68.0% for women. 63% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (29%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 64 (14%) · **■** Marginal 150 (33%)

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 Goghat - I

- Ganeshbati1,094 people
- Sitanagar1,078 people
- Muktarpur1,049 people
- Khatgram1,038 people
- Rajgram1,027 people
- Mirga1,026 people
- Amadpur1,001 people
- Teligram980 people

[All 99 villages in Goghat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Amarpur?1,027 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Amarpur in?Hugli district (Goghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Amarpur?76.0% (Census 2011)