# Boro Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Boro

Boro is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,565 people in 307 households**, the 11th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 1,565people (2011)
- 307households
- 67.8%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Boro

Of every 100 households in Boro in 2011, 44 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Boro · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**96%

Tap water ****5%**

**2%

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

**4%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****45%**

**20%

Television ****26%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Boro?

■ Boro · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**949

Working population ****38.3%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 55.0% for women. 56% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (4%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 125 (21%) · **■** Marginal 367 (61%)

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 - II

- Bari1,731 people
- Kultanr Alias Baranda1,707 people
- Kutni1,707 people
- Balarampur alias Khariduara1,653 people
- Poradi1,503 people
- Bara Mamro1,477 people
- Golapara1,396 people
- Chaukan1,354 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Boro?1,565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Boro in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Boro?67.8% (Census 2011)