# Popai Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Popai

Popai is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,846 people in 402 households**, the 42nd largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 1,846people (2011)
- 402households
- 67.5%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Popai

Of every 100 households in Popai in 2011, 26 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Popai · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**50%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****42%**

**56%

Television ****23%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****8%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Popai?

■ Popai · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**942

Working population ****46.6%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.2% for men and 61.3% for women. 64% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 138 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 484 (56%) · **■** Household industry 32 (4%) · **■** Other work 113 (13%) · **■** Marginal 93 (11%)

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 Polba - Dadpur

- Ramnathpur2,023 people
- Sitala1,986 people
- Goai1,967 people
- Kamdebpur1,856 people
- Sankarbati1,831 people
- Kagnan1,783 people
- Khein1,769 people
- Makhalpur1,722 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Popai?1,846 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Popai in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Popai?67.5% (Census 2011)