# Piarapur Village, Serampur Uttarpara, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Serampur Uttarpara, Hugli 

# Piarapur

Piarapur is a village in Serampur Uttarpara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,167 people in 1,042 households**, the 3rd largest of 13 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 4,167people (2011)
- 1,042households
- 75.3%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Piarapur

Of every 100 households in Piarapur in 2011, 73 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Piarapur · ■ Serampur Uttarpara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**13%

Tap water ****20%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****57%**

**55%

Use banking services ****38%**

**51%

Television ****53%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**7%

Own their home ****89%**

**88%

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 Piarapur?

■ Piarapur · ■ Serampur Uttarpara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1026**

**1029

Working population ****38.4%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 70.6% for women. 67% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 142 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (7%) · **■** Household industry 54 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,119 (70%) · **■** Marginal 167 (10%)

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 Serampur Uttarpara

- Mollarber6,006 people
- Ghoramara4,284 people
- Bangihati3,660 people
- Simla3,164 people
- Pandit Satghara3,087 people
- Mirpur3,056 people

[All 15 villages in Serampur Uttarpara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/serampur-uttarpara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Piarapur?4,167 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Piarapur in?Hugli district (Serampur Uttarpara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Piarapur?75.3% (Census 2011)