# Pukhuria Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Pukhuria

Pukhuria is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,446 people in 340 households**, the 40th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,446people (2011)
- 340households
- 69.8%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pukhuria

Of every 100 households in Pukhuria in 2011, 62 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pukhuria · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**65%

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

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**85%

Use banking services ****32%**

**40%

Television ****22%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**11%

Own their home ****96%**

**97%

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 Pukhuria?

■ Pukhuria · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**922

Working population ****44.8%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 63.3% for women. 64% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 131 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 258 (40%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 77 (12%) · **■** Marginal 174 (27%)

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 - II

- Ashpur1,548 people
- Jotchandi1,505 people
- Uttar Sainte1,467 people
- Dashghara1,458 people
- Tilari1,444 people
- Satberia1,378 people
- Datpur1,332 people
- Pundahit1,317 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pukhuria?1,446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pukhuria in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pukhuria?69.8% (Census 2011)