# Purihasa Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Purihasa

Purihasa is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **660 people in 126 households**, the 105th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 660people (2011)
- 126households
- 57.2%literacy
- 1,109females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purihasa

Of every 100 households in Purihasa in 2011, 71 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purihasa · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****1%**

**85%

Use banking services ****47%**

**41%

Television ****4%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Purihasa?

■ Purihasa · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.2%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1109**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1255**

**957

Working population ****51.1%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 42.7% for women. 62% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 112 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (24%) · **■** Other work 124 (37%) · **■** Marginal 19 (6%)

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 Barabazar

- Dhabera682 people
- Kansbahal676 people
- Bhelaidih666 people
- Ajodhya664 people
- Bhabanipur659 people
- Banabir656 people
- Dhanara652 people
- Tetuladih645 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purihasa?660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purihasa in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purihasa?57.2% (Census 2011)