# Puran Berya Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Puran Berya

Puran Berya is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **587 people in 116 households**, the 194th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 587people (2011)
- 116households
- 84.7%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puran Berya

Of every 100 households in Puran Berya in 2011, 77 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Puran Berya · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****61%**

**58%

Television ****33%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Puran Berya?

■ Puran Berya · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.7%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**960

Working population ****49.6%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 79.9% for women. 63% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (13%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (10%) · **■** Marginal 166 (57%)

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 Keshpur

- Kheruabali603 people
- Kenja Para598 people
- Dhoba Gerya591 people
- Hijli588 people
- Junpara584 people
- Narashinghapur584 people
- Chanda Bila580 people
- Biripota576 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puran Berya?587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puran Berya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puran Berya?84.7% (Census 2011)