# Pakhuria, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Pakhuria

Pakhuria is a village in [Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/) sub-district of [Puruliya](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,929 people in 356 households**, the 24th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,929people (2011)
- 356households
- 70.2%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakhuria

Of every 100 households in Pakhuria in 2011, 19 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pakhuria · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**75%

Use banking services ****16%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pakhuria?

■ Pakhuria · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1025**

**954

Working population ****49.8%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 57.8% for women. 51% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (12%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 338 (35%) · **■** Marginal 452 (47%)

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

- Jabrra2,073 people
- Kaliabasa2,064 people
- Chakalta2,054 people
- Jambad2,019 people
- Matipur1,914 people
- Chatumatar1,842 people
- Deuli1,752 people
- Pinrra1,668 people

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

## Other places named Pakhuria

- Pakhuria · Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum · 1,042 people
- Pakhuria · Village, Hirbandh, Bankura · 947 people
- Pakhuria · Village, Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur · 768 people
- Pakhuria · Village, Ranishwar, Dumka · 462 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakhuria?1,929 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakhuria in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pakhuria?70.2% (Census 2011)