# Punra Village, Baduria – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Punra

Punra is a village in Baduria sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,590 people in 2,021 households**, the 2nd largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 8,590people (2011)
- 2,021households
- 82.8%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Punra

Of every 100 households in Punra in 2011, 46 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Punra · ■ Baduria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**16%

Tap water ****16%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****69%**

**57%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Punra?

■ Punra · ■ Baduria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**960

Working population ****37.2%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 79.7% for women. 61% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 654 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 743 (23%) · **■** Household industry 105 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,099 (34%) · **■** Marginal 597 (19%)

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 Baduria

- Chandipur11,021 people
- Jashaikati7,317 people
- Shimla Durgapur7,225 people
- Aturia7,182 people
- Ghoshpur7,036 people

[All 96 villages in Baduria](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/baduria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Punra?8,590 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Baduria sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Punra?82.8% (Census 2011)