Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar
# Purba Phalimari

Purba Phalimari is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 833 people in 219 households, the 100th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.
- 833 people (2011)
- 219 households
- 79.4% literacy
- 924 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Phalimari

Of every 100 households in Purba Phalimari in 2011, 1 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Phalimari · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 1% 25%
- Toilet within the home 48% 52%
- No toilet (open defecation) 51% 47%
- Tap water 0% 14%
- Drinking water within premises 81% 83%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 95%
- Use banking services 91% 40%
- Television 1% 12%
- Mobile phone 27% 27%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 36% 36%
- Own their home 90% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Purba Phalimari?

■ Purba Phalimari · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.4% 75.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 924 938
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 878 942
- Working population 44.4% 41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 71.7% for women. 61% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 40 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 19 (5%) · ■ Household industry 4 (1%) · ■ Other work 73 (20%) · ■ Marginal 234 (63%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Cooch Behar - I
- Brahmatara Salbari 942 people
- Barapak 867 people
- Patpisu 858 people
- Dakshin Kursamari 853 people
- Kalakata 818 people
- Mainaguri Singijani 798 people
- Giriar Kuthi 792 people
- Jongra 754 people

All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Purba Phalimari? 833 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Phalimari in? Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Phalimari? 79.4% (Census 2011)

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