# Purbba Shuktia Village, Panskura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Purbba Shuktia

Purbba Shuktia is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,244 people in 273 households**, the 85th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,244people (2011)
- 273households
- 80.9%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Shuktia

Of every 100 households in Purbba Shuktia in 2011, 66 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purbba Shuktia · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**93%

Use banking services ****23%**

**36%

Television ****33%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**15%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Shuktia?

■ Purbba Shuktia · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**949

Working population ****42.0%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 74.3% for women. 57% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 121 (23%) · **■** Marginal 369 (71%)

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 Panskura

- Mangalduari1,283 people
- Fakirganja1,270 people
- Dokanda1,267 people
- Jagannath Chak1,262 people
- Jardai1,241 people
- Palsa1,239 people
- Ratulia Dalbar1,228 people
- Harashankarpur1,198 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Shuktia?1,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Shuktia in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Shuktia?80.9% (Census 2011)