# Purbba Altagram Village, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Purbba Altagram

Purbba Altagram is a village in Dhupguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,490 people in 784 households**, the 49th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 3,490people (2011)
- 784households
- 71.6%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Altagram

Of every 100 households in Purbba Altagram in 2011, 2 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purbba Altagram · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**61%

Tap water ****3%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****62%**

**58%

Television ****11%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purbba Altagram?

■ Purbba Altagram · ■ Dhupguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**962

Working population ****43.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 65.1% for women. 56% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 404 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 478 (32%) · **■** Household industry 21 (1%) · **■** Other work 149 (10%) · **■** Marginal 452 (30%)

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

- Dakshin Salbari3,703 people
- Fataktari3,697 people
- Niranjanpat3,671 people
- Bhemtia3,607 people
- Dakshin Jharalta3,444 people
- Palasbari Tea Garden3,312 people
- Madhya Daukimari3,257 people
- Jhar Magurmari3,239 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Altagram?3,490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Altagram in?Jalpaiguri district (Dhupguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Altagram?71.6% (Census 2011)