# Purba Magurmari Village, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Purba Magurmari

Purba Magurmari is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,361 people in 1,658 households**, the 7th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 7,361people (2011)
- 1,658households
- 75.0%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Magurmari

Of every 100 households in Purba Magurmari in 2011, 32 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Magurmari · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**61%

Tap water ****3%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**56%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****55%**

**58%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**30%

Own their home ****94%**

**78%

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 Purba Magurmari?

■ Purba Magurmari · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**962

Working population ****34.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 69.9% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 320 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 752 (30%) · **■** Household industry 49 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,032 (41%) · **■** Marginal 388 (15%)

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 Dhupguri

- Haldibari Tea Garden9,103 people
- Gayerkata Tea Garden9,085 people
- Madhya Boragari7,987 people
- Karbala Tea Garden7,958 people
- Bara Gharia7,090 people
- Haritalguri Tea Garden6,778 people
- Purbba Daukimari6,723 people
- Binaguri Tea Garden6,612 people

[All 102 villages in Dhupguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/dhupguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Magurmari?7,361 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Magurmari in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Magurmari?75.0% (Census 2011)