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

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Putputya

Putputya is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,300 people in 1,284 households**, the 3rd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 5,300people (2011)
- 1,284households
- 87.4%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Putputya

Of every 100 households in Putputya in 2011, 18 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Putputya · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**20%

Tap water ****7%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**7%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****31%**

**45%

Television ****11%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**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 Putputya?

■ Putputya · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**972

Working population ****46.7%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 80.1% for women. 57% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 590 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 624 (25%) · **■** Household industry 22 (1%) · **■** Other work 295 (12%) · **■** Marginal 946 (38%)

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

- Srirampur10,906 people
- Simulia6,384 people
- Nilkanthia5,236 people
- Bishnubar4,957 people
- Mirikpur4,865 people
- Purbba Nukha4,766 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Putputya?5,300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Putputya in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Putputya?87.4% (Census 2011)