# Puryara Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Puryara

Puryara is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,995 people in 357 households**, the 8th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,995people (2011)
- 357households
- 61.1%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puryara

Of every 100 households in Puryara in 2011, 31 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Puryara · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**85%

Use banking services ****72%**

**41%

Television ****13%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**18%

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 Puryara?

■ Puryara · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**957

Working population ****55.5%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 43.9% for women. 57% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 134 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (3%) · **■** Household industry 49 (4%) · **■** Other work 34 (3%) · **■** Marginal 854 (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 Barabazar

- Sargo2,333 people
- Raidih2,195 people
- Ulda2,029 people
- Latpada2,016 people
- Bhagaband1,946 people
- Rupapatia1,933 people
- Banjora1,903 people
- Herbana1,834 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puryara?1,995 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puryara in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puryara?61.1% (Census 2011)