# Puturi Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Puturi

Puturi is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,536 people in 968 households**, the 9th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 4,536people (2011)
- 968households
- 84.3%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puturi

Of every 100 households in Puturi in 2011, 51 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Puturi · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**80%

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

**16%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**51%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****50%**

**40%

Television ****11%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****27%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Puturi?

■ Puturi · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**952

Working population ****30.1%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 81.9% for women. 55% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 404 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 393 (29%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 442 (32%) · **■** Marginal 113 (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 Barasat - II

- Sasan5,818 people
- Bahira5,127 people
- Chaumuha4,780 people
- Kayemba4,687 people
- Jojra4,052 people
- Krishnamati3,910 people
- Tegharia3,833 people
- Malrameswarpur3,711 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puturi?4,536 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puturi in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puturi?84.3% (Census 2011)