# Pukhuria Village, Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Pukhuria

Pukhuria is a village in Nayagram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,048 people in 256 households**, the 26th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,048people (2011)
- 256households
- 58.0%literacy
- 1,092females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pukhuria

Of every 100 households in Pukhuria in 2011, 50 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pukhuria · ■ Nayagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**20%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**18%

Television ****2%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****27%**

**21%

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 Pukhuria?

■ Pukhuria · ■ Nayagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1092**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1108**

**963

Working population ****56.9%**

**49.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.7% for men and 49.9% for women. 58% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (26%) · **■** Household industry 174 (29%) · **■** Other work 50 (8%) · **■** Marginal 202 (34%)

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 Nayagram

- Nara Singha Pur1,086 people
- Nagri Pada1,085 people
- Bhalia Ghati1,051 people
- Chandal Bandh1,048 people
- Chhota Jharia1,047 people
- Dahi1,004 people
- Malam991 people
- Dumuria990 people

[All 336 villages in Nayagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/nayagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pukhuria?1,048 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pukhuria in?Paschim Medinipur district (Nayagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pukhuria?58.0% (Census 2011)