# Pura Gerya Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pura Gerya

Pura Gerya is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **215 people in 49 households**, the 366th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 215people (2011)
- 49households
- 87.2%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pura Gerya

Of every 100 households in Pura Gerya in 2011, 49 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pura Gerya · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**20%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****71%**

**50%

Television ****10%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Pura Gerya?

■ Pura Gerya · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****556**

**988

Working population ****56.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 78.0% for women. 59% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (81%) · **■** Other work 21 (17%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Debra

- Naya Baran218 people
- Brindaban Chak217 people
- Chak Bishnupur216 people
- Panifalia216 people
- Kantapal Pratap Chak214 people
- Chak Haibat212 people
- Brindabanpur211 people
- Dharmangadpur211 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pura Gerya?215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pura Gerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pura Gerya?87.2% (Census 2011)