# Purulia Village, Chakdah, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chakdah, Nadia 

# Purulia

Purulia is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,000 people in 452 households**, the 60th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 2,000people (2011)
- 452households
- 79.7%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purulia

Of every 100 households in Purulia in 2011, 48 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purulia · ■ Chakdah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**16%

Tap water ****21%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**86%

Use banking services ****30%**

**38%

Television ****28%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

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 Purulia?

■ Purulia · ■ Chakdah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1109**

**937

Working population ****43.1%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 71.9% for women. 60% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 206 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 196 (23%) · **■** Household industry 48 (6%) · **■** Other work 310 (36%) · **■** Marginal 103 (12%)

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 Chakdah

- Sarmastapur2,126 people
- Palagachha2,120 people
- Lakhmipur2,018 people
- Jaydebbati2,005 people
- Gotera1,956 people
- Kundulia1,920 people
- Natapuli1,917 people
- Bagdob1,896 people

[All 148 villages in Chakdah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chakdah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purulia?2,000 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purulia in?Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purulia?79.7% (Census 2011)