# Purba Sripur Village, Kaliachak - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - II, Maldah 

# Purba Sripur

Purba Sripur is a village in Kaliachak - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,198 people in 452 households**, the 28th largest of 40 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 2,198people (2011)
- 452households
- 73.3%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Sripur

Of every 100 households in Purba Sripur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Sripur · ■ Kaliachak - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****26%**

**76%

Use banking services ****16%**

**32%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**38%

Own their home ****92%**

**98%

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 Sripur?

■ Purba Sripur · ■ Kaliachak - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1247**

**966

Working population ****42.2%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 66.9% for women. 47% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (24%) · **■** Household industry 281 (30%) · **■** Other work 175 (19%) · **■** Marginal 225 (24%)

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 Kaliachak - II

- Pratappur3,007 people
- Shyamdaspur2,890 people
- Babla2,875 people
- Dulalganj2,513 people
- Chak Protappur2,084 people
- Dharampur1,907 people
- Mostafapur1,626 people
- Jotkabil1,386 people

[All 65 villages in Kaliachak - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Sripur?2,198 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Sripur in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Sripur?73.3% (Census 2011)