# Purbakola Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Purbakola

Purbakola is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **711 people in 166 households**, the 91st largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 711people (2011)
- 166households
- 89.0%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbakola

Of every 100 households in Purbakola in 2011, 56 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purbakola · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**20%

Tap water ****8%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****64%**

**45%

Television ****27%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**20%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Purbakola?

■ Purbakola · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****659**

**972

Working population ****52.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 83.7% for women. 61% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (12%) · **■** Household industry 32 (9%) · **■** Other work 110 (29%) · **■** Marginal 160 (43%)

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 Tamluk

- Lalitageria731 people
- Rajnagar730 people
- Satkalua729 people
- Haridaspur721 people
- Gholchak685 people
- Barborya Paikbor678 people
- Chackdurgadas648 people
- Balikalua641 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbakola?711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbakola in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbakola?89.0% (Census 2011)