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

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Purbasikta

Purbasikta is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **995 people in 239 households**, the 106th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 995people (2011)
- 239households
- 76.4%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbasikta

Of every 100 households in Purbasikta in 2011, 88 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbasikta · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

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

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**86%

Use banking services ****97%**

**56%

Television ****35%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Purbasikta?

■ Purbasikta · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**942

Working population ****45.0%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 67.2% for women. 62% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 69 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 242 (54%) · **■** Other work 87 (19%) · **■** Marginal 50 (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

- Nagpal1,026 people
- Dantra1,012 people
- Ishta999 people
- Danerpur995 people
- Nagarpara980 people
- Mahishdanga963 people
- Erenga954 people
- Paranchapur953 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbasikta?995 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbasikta in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbasikta?76.4% (Census 2011)