# Purbeshwarpur Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Purbeshwarpur

Purbeshwarpur is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **248 people in 68 households**, the 127th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 248people (2011)
- 68households
- 87.9%literacy
- 1,084females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbeshwarpur

Of every 100 households in Purbeshwarpur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbeshwarpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**97%

Use banking services ****70%**

**36%

Television ****21%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**21%

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 Purbeshwarpur?

■ Purbeshwarpur · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1084**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**943

Working population ****48.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.3% for men and 81.4% for women. 71% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 25 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (9%) · **■** Other work 11 (9%) · **■** Marginal 74 (61%)

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 - II

- Chak Mathuri277 people
- Chak Charani260 people
- Khatibar260 people
- Chaksrihari259 people
- Ghora Basan245 people
- Chhayghari240 people
- Agarbheri Benachal210 people
- Chak Maruj195 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbeshwarpur?248 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbeshwarpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbeshwarpur?87.9% (Census 2011)