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

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Poabad

Poabad is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **137 people in 29 households**, the 122nd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 137people (2011)
- 29households
- 55.8%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Poabad

Of every 100 households in Poabad in 2011, 32 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Poabad · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**34%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Poabad?

■ Poabad · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.8%**

**60.2%

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

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****545**

**957

Working population ****62.0%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 44.4% for women. 60% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 17 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (21%) · **■** Other work 6 (7%) · **■** Marginal 44 (52%)

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

- Banbahal172 people
- Paradih Alias Gurpana155 people
- Tuitanr154 people
- Dabladih137 people
- Barakala135 people
- Barshol91 people
- Dhanpora86 people
- Chalunia78 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Poabad?137 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Poabad in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Poabad?55.8% (Census 2011)