# Purandarpur Village, Raninagar - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Raninagar - I, Murshidabad 

# Purandarpur

Purandarpur is a village in Raninagar - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,155 people in 504 households**, the 27th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 2,155people (2011)
- 504households
- 60.0%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purandarpur

Of every 100 households in Purandarpur in 2011, 3 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purandarpur · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**17%

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

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**47%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****26%**

**27%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****59%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1203**

**992

Working population ****28.4%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.9% for men and 64.5% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 135 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 304 (50%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 167 (27%)

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 Raninagar - I

- Azmatpur2,492 people
- Paharpur2,450 people
- Chatra2,443 people
- Ramipur2,393 people
- Sitanagar2,102 people
- Char Garamgari1,848 people
- Natkuli1,811 people
- Char Pirojpur1,532 people

[All 63 villages in Raninagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/raninagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purandarpur?2,155 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purandarpur in?Murshidabad district (Raninagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purandarpur?60.0% (Census 2011)