# Durama Village, Jaipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaipur, Puruliya 

# Durama

Durama is a village in Jaipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **686 people in 112 households**, the 72nd largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 686people (2011)
- 112households
- 65.8%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durama

Of every 100 households in Durama in 2011, 73 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Durama · ■ Jaipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**11%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****6%**

**89%

Use banking services ****98%**

**49%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**23%

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 Durama?

■ Durama · ■ Jaipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**937

Working population ****34.0%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 49.3% for women. 51% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 119 (51%) · **■** Marginal 59 (25%)

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 Jaipur

- Dhabani729 people
- Dhumadi729 people
- Alkusha694 people
- Mirdi691 people
- Beltanr659 people
- Chitahi659 people
- Mayadi606 people
- Kashipur587 people

[All 112 villages in Jaipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jaipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durama?686 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durama in?Puruliya district (Jaipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durama?65.8% (Census 2011)