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

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Purdaha

Purdaha is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,231 people in 260 households**, the 20th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 1,231people (2011)
- 260households
- 49.6%literacy
- 1,062females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purdaha

Of every 100 households in Purdaha in 2011, 26 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purdaha · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**28%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****4%**

**20%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**26%

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 Purdaha?

■ Purdaha · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.6%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1062**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**949

Working population ****61.3%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 33.6% for women. 59% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (2%) · **■** Marginal 732 (97%)

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

- Basantapur1,347 people
- Nalkundi1,327 people
- Kumari1,288 people
- Jargarya1,266 people
- Raghunathpur1,207 people
- Dhabani1,203 people
- Panrra1,145 people
- Baghabad1,121 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purdaha?1,231 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purdaha in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purdaha?49.6% (Census 2011)