# Purul Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Purul

Purul is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,126 people in 530 households**, the 34th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 2,126people (2011)
- 530households
- 85.2%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purul

Of every 100 households in Purul in 2011, 50 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purul · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**22%

Tap water ****7%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**36%

Television ****27%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**15%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Purul?

■ Purul · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1141**

**949

Working population ****39.1%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 79.2% for women. 58% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 68 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 128 (15%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 230 (28%) · **■** Marginal 398 (48%)

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

- Kalidan2,244 people
- Raybandh2,226 people
- Patanda2,189 people
- Dakshin Chan Chiara2,135 people
- Paschim Bakulda2,114 people
- Raghunathbari2,091 people
- Maishora2,073 people
- Khasharban2,049 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purul?2,126 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purul in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purul?85.2% (Census 2011)