# Urui Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Urui

Urui is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **819 people in 182 households**, the 73rd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 819people (2011)
- 182households
- 94.2%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Urui

Of every 100 households in Urui in 2011, 60 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Urui · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****30%**

**30%

Television ****24%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Urui?

■ Urui · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.2%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**925

Working population ****41.4%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.8% for men and 91.4% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (9%) · **■** Household industry 13 (4%) · **■** Other work 51 (15%) · **■** Marginal 216 (64%)

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 Chandipur

- Uttar Iswarpur885 people
- Daulatpur859 people
- Dihipurluia857 people
- Bhairabpur829 people
- Osmanpur814 people
- Buraburi Jadav Chandra Misra Chak753 people
- Barah Chandi715 people
- Jahanabar Ist Part706 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Urui?819 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Urui in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Urui?94.2% (Census 2011)