# Sopa Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Sopa

Sopa is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,674 people in 362 households**, the 27th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,674people (2011)
- 362households
- 62.0%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sopa

Of every 100 households in Sopa in 2011, 57 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sopa · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**91%

Tap water ****6%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**97%

Use banking services ****45%**

**30%

Television ****28%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**27%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Sopa?

■ Sopa · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**57.2%

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

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**951

Working population ****38.7%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 50.9% for women. 55% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 67 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 80 (12%) · **■** Marginal 498 (77%)

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

- Dhekia1,897 people
- Raydi1,874 people
- Sosokhas1,820 people
- Atna1,751 people
- Ajodhya1,648 people
- Parsa1,614 people
- Patardi1,609 people
- Tarang1,597 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sopa?1,674 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sopa in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sopa?62.0% (Census 2011)