# Potapukhuria Village, Contai - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Potapukhuria

Potapukhuria is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **384 people in 94 households**, the 155th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 384people (2011)
- 94households
- 94.3%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Potapukhuria

Of every 100 households in Potapukhuria in 2011, 78 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Potapukhuria · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****48%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**25%

Own their home ****89%**

**96%

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 Potapukhuria?

■ Potapukhuria · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.3%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1214**

**956

Working population ****39.1%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.9% for men and 89.2% for women. 61% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (11%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 93 (62%) · **■** Marginal 35 (23%)

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 Contai - I

- Dhangan402 people
- Jamalpur398 people
- Tagaria Gopalpur397 people
- Dandapur387 people
- Payrachali382 people
- Baramushapur367 people
- Shribachhipur364 people
- Sarishaberya361 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Potapukhuria?384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Potapukhuria in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Potapukhuria?94.3% (Census 2011)