# Puthimari Village, Tehatta - I, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Tehatta - I, Nadia 

# Puthimari

Puthimari is a village in Tehatta - I sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,157 people in 2,184 households**, the 5th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 9,157people (2011)
- 2,184households
- 70.2%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puthimari

Of every 100 households in Puthimari in 2011, 50 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Puthimari · ■ Tehatta - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**19%

Tap water ****9%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****40%**

**32%

Television ****30%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Puthimari?

■ Puthimari · ■ Tehatta - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**968

Working population ****31.9%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 69.2% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1,166 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 833 (28%) · **■** Household industry 10 (0%) · **■** Other work 691 (24%) · **■** Marginal 224 (8%)

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 Tehatta - I

- Tehatta21,093 people
- Betai20,774 people
- Pathar Ghata16,219 people
- Betai Jitpur14,193 people
- Chanderghat8,399 people
- Syamnagar7,470 people
- Taranipur7,162 people
- Mobarakpur6,977 people

[All 62 villages in Tehatta - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/tehatta-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puthimari?9,157 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puthimari in?Nadia district (Tehatta - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puthimari?70.2% (Census 2011)