# Perua Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Perua

Perua is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,049 people in 467 households**, the 35th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 2,049people (2011)
- 467households
- 88.0%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Perua

Of every 100 households in Perua in 2011, 0 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Perua · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**16%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**48%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****19%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Perua?

■ Perua · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.0%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**952

Working population ****61.8%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 80.6% for women. 63% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 256 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 288 (23%) · **■** Household industry 46 (4%) · **■** Other work 48 (4%) · **■** Marginal 628 (50%)

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 Sabang

- Kundalpal2,257 people
- Panpara2,167 people
- Khagragerya2,154 people
- Laro2,061 people
- Khelna1,956 people
- Naoyagan1,936 people
- Urdhabpur1,896 people
- Sartla1,856 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Perua?2,049 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Perua in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Perua?88.0% (Census 2011)