# Puapur Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Puapur

Puapur is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,290 people in 216 households**, the 18th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,290people (2011)
- 216households
- 74.4%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puapur

Of every 100 households in Puapur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Puapur · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****36%**

**66%

Use banking services ****100%**

**57%

Television ****48%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**16%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Puapur?

■ Puapur · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**967

Working population ****29.2%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 63.3% for women. 51% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 26 (7%) · **■** Other work 163 (43%) · **■** Marginal 122 (32%)

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

- Kelyasota1,448 people
- Gar Panchkot1,415 people
- Gobag1,395 people
- Naragarya1,365 people
- Simuliya1,266 people
- Gunyara1,179 people
- Achkoda1,178 people
- Nituria1,144 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puapur?1,290 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puapur in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puapur?74.4% (Census 2011)