# Uparra Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Uparra

Uparra is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,836 people in 352 households**, the 20th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,836people (2011)
- 352households
- 66.5%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uparra

Of every 100 households in Uparra in 2011, 21 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uparra · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**84%

Use banking services ****66%**

**50%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Uparra?

■ Uparra · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**937

Working population ****51.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 55.0% for women. 55% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 99 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 226 (24%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (5%) · **■** Marginal 552 (59%)

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 Kashipur

- Kalidaha2,110 people
- Makhyada2,086 people
- Bhalagara2,046 people
- Bar-Ahartor1,991 people
- Daulatpur1,788 people
- Pabra1,772 people
- Chitra1,771 people
- Pabra Pahari1,752 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uparra?1,836 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uparra in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uparra?66.5% (Census 2011)