# Purandarpur Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Purandarpur

Purandarpur is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,638 people in 898 households**, the 36th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 3,638people (2011)
- 898households
- 61.5%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purandarpur

Of every 100 households in Purandarpur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purandarpur · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**55%

Tap water ****21%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**52%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****22%**

**33%

Television ****11%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**29%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Purandarpur?

■ Purandarpur · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1080**

**972

Working population ****31.1%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.7% for men and 61.2% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 267 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 557 (49%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 106 (9%) · **■** Marginal 194 (17%)

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 Berhampore

- Madanpur3,952 people
- Sibpur3,853 people
- Nagpara3,774 people
- Fate Singdiar3,732 people
- Basudebkhali3,622 people
- Jagannathpur3,440 people
- Budharpara3,379 people
- Arazi Madhupur3,352 people

[All 138 villages in Berhampore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/berhampore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purandarpur?3,638 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purandarpur in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purandarpur?61.5% (Census 2011)