Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya
# Paprahurum

Paprahurum is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 689 people in 139 households, the 78th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.
- 689 people (2011)
- 139 households
- 64.1% literacy
- 1,015 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paprahurum

Of every 100 households in Paprahurum in 2011, 45 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paprahurum · ■ Jhalda - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 45% 27%
- Toilet within the home 3% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 93%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 90%
- Use banking services 90% 39%
- Television 7% 10%
- Mobile phone 10% 24%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 13% 25%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Paprahurum?

■ Paprahurum · ■ Jhalda - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 64.1% 66.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1015 958
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1125 946
- Working population 58.8% 42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 52.6% for women. 61% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 192 (47%) · ■ Other work 8 (2%) · ■ Marginal 205 (51%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Jhalda - I
- Gopalpur 726 people
- Digardi 716 people
- Patradi 710 people
- Kutidih 706 people
- Uhatu 660 people
- Bandi Alias Jagannathdi 653 people
- Chhoto Ganja 622 people
- Torang 620 people

All 142 villages in Jhalda - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Paprahurum? 689 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paprahurum in? Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paprahurum? 64.1% (Census 2011)

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