# Pukhurkata Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Pukhurkata

Pukhurkata is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **657 people in 143 households**, the 53rd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 657people (2011)
- 143households
- 46.9%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pukhurkata

Of every 100 households in Pukhurkata in 2011, 11 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pukhurkata · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**34%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****3%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Pukhurkata?

■ Pukhurkata · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.9%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1206**

**957

Working population ****27.5%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.3% for men and 36.2% for women. 49% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (55%) · **■** Household industry 14 (8%) · **■** Other work 9 (5%) · **■** Marginal 23 (13%)

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

- Churku705 people
- Paharpur685 people
- Satara665 people
- Makopali657 people
- Bara Parasia648 people
- Kumirdih646 people
- Liki636 people
- Kumra631 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pukhurkata?657 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pukhurkata in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pukhurkata?46.9% (Census 2011)