Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur
# Pitambarpur

Pitambarpur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 509 people in 114 households, the 109th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.
- 509 people (2011)
- 114 households
- 73.6% literacy
- 906 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pitambarpur

Of every 100 households in Pitambarpur in 2011, 75 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pitambarpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 75% 39%
- Toilet within the home 84% 95%
- No toilet (open defecation) 16% 4%
- Tap water 1% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 17% 18%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 95%
- Use banking services 71% 46%
- Television 8% 12%
- Mobile phone 29% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 47% 30%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Pitambarpur?

■ Pitambarpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.6% 86.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 906 935
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 645 932
- Working population 35.8% 42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 65.8% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 35 (19%) · ■ Farm labourers 45 (25%) · ■ Household industry 5 (3%) · ■ Other work 41 (23%) · ■ Marginal 56 (31%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - I
- Bulakipur 533 people
- Purbamaji Gaon 533 people
- Nilapur 514 people
- Ramchak 512 people
- Gopalband 506 people
- Basudebpur 501 people
- Chak Sagar 496 people
- Nankar Kadamgerya 486 people

All 139 villages in Potashpur - I

## Other places named Pitambarpur
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- Pitambarpur · Village, Gunnaur, Budaun · 643 people
- Pitambarpur · Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh · 614 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Pitambarpur? 509 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pitambarpur in? Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pitambarpur? 73.6% (Census 2011)

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