# Pedda Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Pedda

Pedda is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **608 people in 137 households**, the 85th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 608people (2011)
- 137households
- 72.9%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pedda

Of every 100 households in Pedda in 2011, 57 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pedda · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**89%

Use banking services ****23%**

**31%

Television ****26%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Pedda?

■ Pedda · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**939

Working population ****35.0%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 66.8% for women. 52% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 23 (11%) · **■** Marginal 165 (77%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Akshyapur624 people
- Dhadika617 people
- Mohandi616 people
- Shyamnagar615 people
- Ichadi607 people
- Nagdagora602 people
- Kalabai Alias Bamandiha594 people
- Khatchiri584 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pedda?608 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pedda in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pedda?72.9% (Census 2011)