# Purbba Dehar Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Purbba Dehar

Purbba Dehar is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,906 people in 884 households**, the 30th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 3,906people (2011)
- 884households
- 75.3%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Dehar

Of every 100 households in Purbba Dehar in 2011, 10 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purbba Dehar · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**67%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**68%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****18%**

**22%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**31%

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 Purbba Dehar?

■ Purbba Dehar · ■ Maynaguri rural average

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

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**940

Working population ****40.5%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 70.0% for women. 56% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 541 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 460 (29%) · **■** Household industry 20 (1%) · **■** Other work 151 (10%) · **■** Marginal 408 (26%)

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 Maynaguri

- Dwarikamari4,018 people
- Bara Kamet4,009 people
- Purbba Baragila3,937 people
- Uttar Bhuskadanga3,920 people
- Uttar Dangapara3,832 people
- Dakshin Madhabdanga3,802 people
- Panbari3,456 people
- Hasludanga3,212 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Dehar?3,906 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Dehar in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Dehar?75.3% (Census 2011)