# Petuapur Village, Ranaghat - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Petuapur

Petuapur is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,625 people in 406 households**, the 73rd largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 1,625people (2011)
- 406households
- 70.9%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Petuapur

Of every 100 households in Petuapur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Petuapur · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**80%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**88%

Use banking services ****22%**

**42%

Television ****7%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**20%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Petuapur?

■ Petuapur · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**956

Working population ****39.4%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 62.3% for women. 59% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 222 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (27%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 82 (13%) · **■** Marginal 160 (25%)

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 Ranaghat - II

- Ghatigachhi1,802 people
- Bhat Bhanga1,768 people
- Purba Puthkhali1,728 people
- Rajapur1,726 people
- Khargadanga1,607 people
- Purba Simulia1,476 people
- Sijdia1,390 people
- Purba Sambhupur1,364 people

[All 110 villages in Ranaghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Petuapur?1,625 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Petuapur in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Petuapur?70.9% (Census 2011)