# Purbba Nukha Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Purbba Nukha

Purbba Nukha is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,766 people in 1,119 households**, the 7th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 4,766people (2011)
- 1,119households
- 85.7%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Nukha

Of every 100 households in Purbba Nukha in 2011, 29 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purbba Nukha · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****42%**

**45%

Television ****10%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purbba Nukha?

■ Purbba Nukha · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**972

Working population ****39.8%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 79.5% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 455 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 498 (26%) · **■** Household industry 30 (2%) · **■** Other work 117 (6%) · **■** Marginal 796 (42%)

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

- Putputya5,300 people
- Nilkanthia5,236 people
- Bishnubar4,957 people
- Mirikpur4,865 people
- Uttar Sonamul4,711 people
- Barbarya4,692 people
- Harashankar4,379 people
- Harashankar Garkilla3,808 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Nukha?4,766 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Nukha in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Nukha?85.7% (Census 2011)