# Paharpur Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Paharpur

Paharpur is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **685 people in 164 households**, the 50th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 685people (2011)
- 164households
- 58.0%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paharpur

Of every 100 households in Paharpur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paharpur · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**34%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****11%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****86%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Paharpur?

■ Paharpur · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**957

Working population ****43.4%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 42.1% for women. 42% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 12 (4%) · **■** Marginal 274 (92%)

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 Bundwan

- Hetyakol731 people
- Punsa717 people
- Karru706 people
- Churku705 people
- Satara665 people
- Makopali657 people
- Pukhurkata657 people
- Bara Parasia648 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paharpur?685 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paharpur in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paharpur?58.0% (Census 2011)