# Puranda, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Puranda

Puranda is a village in [Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **2,535 people in 542 households**, the 16th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 2,535people (2011)
- 542households
- 81.5%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puranda

Of every 100 households in Puranda in 2011, 58 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Puranda · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**46%

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

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**10%

Tap water ****5%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****47%**

**37%

Television ****13%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Puranda?

■ Puranda · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**926

Working population ****46.3%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 72.5% for women. 67% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 475 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (12%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 90 (8%) · **■** Marginal 460 (39%)

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 Egra - I

- Barda3,083 people
- Kia2,760 people
- Chirulia2,650 people
- Maha Bishra2,612 people
- Erendabar2,467 people
- Sarrang2,448 people
- Bolkushda2,403 people
- Shipur2,399 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puranda?2,535 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puranda in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puranda?81.5% (Census 2011)