# Pirpur Village, Ratua - II, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Ratua - II, Maldah 

# Pirpur

Pirpur is a village in Ratua - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,847 people in 415 households**, the 33rd largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 56.2%.

- 1,847people (2011)
- 415households
- 55.2%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pirpur

Of every 100 households in Pirpur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pirpur · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**31%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**85%

Use banking services ****34%**

**22%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**42%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Pirpur?

■ Pirpur · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**56.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**967

Working population ****25.7%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 46.4% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (17%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 109 (23%) · **■** Marginal 167 (35%)

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 Ratua - II

- Ballabhpur2,810 people
- Shripur2,687 people
- Nesta2,257 people
- Uttar Marichabishanpur1,896 people
- Gobindapur1,812 people
- Bishanpur1,589 people
- Khailsana1,428 people
- Paranpur1,267 people

[All 51 villages in Ratua - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pirpur?1,847 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pirpur in?Maldah district (Ratua - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pirpur?55.2% (Census 2011)