# Purulia, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Purulia

Purulia is a village in [Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-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 **472 people in 109 households**, the 115th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 472people (2011)
- 109households
- 91.9%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purulia

Of every 100 households in Purulia in 2011, 46 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purulia · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

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

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****32%**

**46%

Television ****17%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****31%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purulia?

■ Purulia · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.9%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**932

Working population ****62.1%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 89.6% for women. 63% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 121 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 141 (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 Potashpur - I

- Basudebpur501 people
- Chak Sagar496 people
- Nankar Kadamgerya486 people
- Naria Naria478 people
- Danrai449 people
- Madhabasan443 people
- Mirjapur420 people
- Haridaspur408 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Other places named Purulia

- Purulia · Village, Ketugram - II, Barddhaman · 2,259 people
- Purulia · Village, Chakdah, Nadia · 2,000 people
- Purulia · Village, Indpur, Bankura · 964 people
- Purulia · Village, Bhagawanpur - II, Purba Medinipur · 488 people
- Purulia · Village, Manteswar, Barddhaman · 486 people
- Purulia · Village, Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur · 100 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purulia?472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purulia in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purulia?91.9% (Census 2011)