# Purba Puthkhali Village, Ranaghat - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Purba Puthkhali

Purba Puthkhali is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,728 people in 353 households**, the 71st largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 1,728people (2011)
- 353households
- 73.4%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Puthkhali

Of every 100 households in Purba Puthkhali in 2011, 22 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Puthkhali · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**15%

Tap water ****6%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**80%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**88%

Use banking services ****5%**

**42%

Television ****4%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purba Puthkhali?

■ Purba Puthkhali · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1019**

**956

Working population ****35.5%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 74.9% for women. 62% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 249 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 298 (49%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 28 (5%)

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

- Mithapur1,850 people
- Andulpota1,811 people
- Ghatigachhi1,802 people
- Bhat Bhanga1,768 people
- Rajapur1,726 people
- Petuapur1,625 people
- Khargadanga1,607 people
- Purba Simulia1,476 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Puthkhali?1,728 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Puthkhali in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Puthkhali?73.4% (Census 2011)