# Tumrashou Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Tumrashou

Tumrashou is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,399 people in 263 households**, the 30th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,399people (2011)
- 263households
- 74.2%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tumrashou

Of every 100 households in Tumrashou in 2011, 8 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tumrashou · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Tumrashou?

■ Tumrashou · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**957

Working population ****59.6%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 62.8% for women. 61% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 24 (3%) · **■** Marginal 598 (72%)

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

- Dumurdih1,480 people
- Lagudih1,451 people
- Kalpara1,445 people
- Kudlung1,445 people
- Baramukru1,371 people
- Chandanpur1,359 people
- Rajdih1,331 people
- Rautora1,298 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tumrashou?1,399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tumrashou in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tumrashou?74.2% (Census 2011)