# Purbba Saoraberya Village, Kolaghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Purbba Saoraberya

Purbba Saoraberya is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,293 people in 275 households**, the 67th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,293people (2011)
- 275households
- 88.6%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Saoraberya

Of every 100 households in Purbba Saoraberya in 2011, 42 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purbba Saoraberya · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**76%

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

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****11%**

**44%

Television ****20%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purbba Saoraberya?

■ Purbba Saoraberya · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1328**

**942

Working population ****47.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 82.8% for women. 67% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 170 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (5%) · **■** Household industry 116 (19%) · **■** Other work 181 (30%) · **■** Marginal 114 (19%)

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 Kolaghat

- Krishna Nagar1,399 people
- Ray Chak1,394 people
- Uttar Markandapur1,381 people
- Khadinan1,371 people
- Betberya1,249 people
- Kulia1,217 people
- Amir Chak1,201 people
- Nankar Banka Dangar1,193 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Saoraberya?1,293 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Saoraberya in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Saoraberya?88.6% (Census 2011)