# Peretorang Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Peretorang

Peretorang is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **660 people in 147 households**, the 68th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 660people (2011)
- 147households
- 71.1%literacy
- 1,122females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Peretorang

Of every 100 households in Peretorang in 2011, 13 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Peretorang · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****48%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Peretorang?

■ Peretorang · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1122**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**951

Working population ****64.5%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 60.9% for women. 68% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 106 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (4%) · **■** Other work 32 (8%) · **■** Marginal 271 (64%)

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 Bagmundi

- Andhra Alias Hathinada724 people
- Pirargaria716 people
- Saldabar689 people
- Pardi683 people
- Pratappur629 people
- Matha624 people
- Rangamati597 people
- Burudi572 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Peretorang?660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Peretorang in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Peretorang?71.1% (Census 2011)