# Deshra Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Deshra

Deshra is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,097 people in 222 households**, the 47th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,097people (2011)
- 222households
- 60.3%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Deshra

Of every 100 households in Deshra in 2011, 8 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Deshra · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**75%

Use banking services ****10%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**25%

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 Deshra?

■ Deshra · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1092**

**954

Working population ****45.6%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 45.2% for women. 60% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (21%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 58 (12%) · **■** Marginal 209 (42%)

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 Hura

- Hura Keshabpur1,134 people
- Arjjunjora1,132 people
- Dandudi1,131 people
- Karandi1,101 people
- Kusumjuria1,057 people
- Shamukgarya1,037 people
- Dumdumi1,030 people
- Shyamaluta1,012 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Deshra?1,097 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Deshra in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Deshra?60.3% (Census 2011)