# Pochhyara Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Pochhyara

Pochhyara is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **633 people in 134 households**, the 47th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 633people (2011)
- 134households
- 55.3%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pochhyara

Of every 100 households in Pochhyara in 2011, 21 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pochhyara · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**66%

Use banking services ****10%**

**57%

Television ****16%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****69%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Pochhyara?

■ Pochhyara · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**967

Working population ****27.5%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 42.6% for women. 47% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (26%) · **■** Marginal 115 (66%)

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 Neturia

- Dhanibari734 people
- Bakbari705 people
- Janardandi686 people
- Alkusha663 people
- Raghudi614 people
- Bhaska608 people
- Rangdihi601 people
- Asta591 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pochhyara?633 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pochhyara in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pochhyara?55.3% (Census 2011)