# Purbagaighata Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Purbagaighata

Purbagaighata is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **205 people in 54 households**, the 181st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 205people (2011)
- 54households
- 80.0%literacy
- 847females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbagaighata

Of every 100 households in Purbagaighata in 2011, 62 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Purbagaighata · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**83%

Use banking services ****22%**

**46%

Television ****22%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**15%

Own their home ****80%**

**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 Purbagaighata?

■ Purbagaighata · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****847**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**971

Working population ****45.9%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 74.7% for women. 55% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (3%) · **■** Other work 37 (39%) · **■** Marginal 53 (56%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Chitrapur222 people
- Uttarbali220 people
- Alichak219 people
- Kholapatna215 people
- Charipal200 people
- Dewanmara No II195 people
- Bhalukkhulia190 people
- Benasol185 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbagaighata?205 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbagaighata in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbagaighata?80.0% (Census 2011)