# Payraura Village, Singur, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Singur, Hugli 

# Payraura

Payraura is a village in Singur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,591 people in 352 households**, the 48th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.4%.

- 1,591people (2011)
- 352households
- 81.1%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payraura

Of every 100 households in Payraura in 2011, 93 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Payraura · ■ Singur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**27%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**74%

Use banking services ****42%**

**58%

Television ****45%**

**58%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Payraura?

■ Payraura · ■ Singur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**83.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**950

Working population ****33.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 76.1% for women. 62% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 242 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (14%) · **■** Household industry 27 (5%) · **■** Other work 149 (28%) · **■** Marginal 33 (6%)

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 Singur

- Chak.Gobinda1,791 people
- Ajabnagar1,777 people
- Milki1,691 people
- Taherpur1,625 people
- Sinher Bheri1,563 people
- Rasulpur1,540 people
- Rajar Bathan1,538 people
- Ghanashyampur1,495 people

[All 100 villages in Singur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/singur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Payraura?1,591 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payraura in?Hugli district (Singur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Payraura?81.1% (Census 2011)