# Purandarpur Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purandarpur

Purandarpur is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,417 people in 334 households**, the 75th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,417people (2011)
- 334households
- 83.2%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purandarpur

Of every 100 households in Purandarpur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purandarpur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**3%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**46%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****38%**

**47%

Television ****27%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****16%**

**17%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Purandarpur?

■ Purandarpur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**965

Working population ****35.9%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 79.1% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (30%) · **■** Household industry 48 (9%) · **■** Other work 220 (43%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Gaighata

- Sergar1,618 people
- Bagoan1,522 people
- Diangamanik1,490 people
- Ramchandrapur1,425 people
- Kaya1,379 people
- Gopalpur1,376 people
- Kulghuti1,302 people
- Chhota Sehana1,275 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purandarpur?1,417 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purandarpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purandarpur?83.2% (Census 2011)