# Purandarpur Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Purandarpur

Purandarpur is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,511 people in 1,109 households**, the 11th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 4,511people (2011)
- 1,109households
- 65.8%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purandarpur

Of every 100 households in Purandarpur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purandarpur · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**32%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****13%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****36%**

**42%

Television ****14%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purandarpur?

■ Purandarpur · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1109**

**963

Working population ****26.2%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 58.6% for women. 50% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 138 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 504 (43%) · **■** Household industry 29 (2%) · **■** Other work 418 (35%) · **■** Marginal 95 (8%)

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 Kandi

- Udaychandpur6,832 people
- Gatia5,413 people
- Gobarhati5,023 people
- Sashpara4,649 people
- Khosh Baspur4,342 people
- Patenda4,322 people
- Srikantapur3,779 people
- Munigram3,728 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purandarpur?4,511 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purandarpur in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purandarpur?65.8% (Census 2011)