# Purba Polta Village, Swarupnagar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Swarupnagar, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purba Polta

Purba Polta is a village in Swarupnagar sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,483 people in 1,809 households**, the 7th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 7,483people (2011)
- 1,809households
- 78.8%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Polta

Of every 100 households in Purba Polta in 2011, 9 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purba Polta · ■ Swarupnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**25%

Tap water ****9%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****53%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Purba Polta?

■ Purba Polta · ■ Swarupnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**956

Working population ****36.2%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 73.4% for women. 61% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 785 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,222 (45%) · **■** Household industry 161 (6%) · **■** Other work 241 (9%) · **■** Marginal 302 (11%)

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 Swarupnagar

- Hakimpur10,145 people
- Dattapara8,532 people
- Sarapul8,290 people
- Nalabara7,572 people
- Bara Bankra6,866 people
- Charghat6,819 people
- Gopalpur6,799 people
- Gokulpur6,638 people

[All 65 villages in Swarupnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/swarupnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Polta?7,483 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Polta in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Swarupnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Polta?78.8% (Census 2011)