# Purba Mahammadpur Village, Deshopran – Population & Literacy

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Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur 

# Purba Mahammadpur

Purba Mahammadpur is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,190 people in 248 households**, the 56th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.

- 1,190people (2011)
- 248households
- 86.2%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Mahammadpur

Of every 100 households in Purba Mahammadpur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Mahammadpur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**89%

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

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****31%**

**35%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Purba Mahammadpur?

■ Purba Mahammadpur · ■ Deshopran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.2%**

**88.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****685**

**949

Working population ****29.9%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 82.7% for women. 52% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 30 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (60%) · **■** Other work 83 (23%) · **■** Marginal 31 (9%)

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 Deshopran

- Purba Gobindapur1,270 people
- Paschim Kusbani1,224 people
- Dakshin Amtalia1,214 people
- Kalikapur1,196 people
- Uttar Amtalia1,183 people
- Gopinathpur1,182 people
- Bara Bantalia1,180 people
- Daulatpur1,142 people

[All 168 villages in Deshopran](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Mahammadpur?1,190 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Mahammadpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Mahammadpur?86.2% (Census 2011)