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

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Purbanagar

Purbanagar is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,497 people in 543 households**, the 46th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 2,497people (2011)
- 543households
- 76.2%literacy
- 848females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbanagar

Of every 100 households in Purbanagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbanagar · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**80%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****13%**

**42%

Television ****1%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purbanagar?

■ Purbanagar · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****848**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**956

Working population ****35.0%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 70.0% for women. 61% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 572 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (20%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 91 (10%) · **■** Marginal 16 (2%)

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

- Krishnanagar2,794 people
- Doluabari2,613 people
- Hudapatila2,569 people
- Gourisail2,507 people
- Dakshin Dhakuria2,457 people
- Uzirpukuria2,455 people
- Dubli2,433 people
- Panchbaria2,432 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbanagar?2,497 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbanagar in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbanagar?76.2% (Census 2011)