# Patpur Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Patpur

Patpur is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,557 people in 255 households**, the 37th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,557people (2011)
- 255households
- 68.2%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patpur

Of every 100 households in Patpur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Patpur · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**79%

Use banking services ****24%**

**47%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Patpur?

■ Patpur · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1015**

**968

Working population ****32.4%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 47.7% for women. 52% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 131 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (17%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 57 (11%) · **■** Marginal 219 (43%)

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 Para

- Ramkrishnapur alias Nutandi1,821 people
- Bamanbad1,796 people
- Bhalagara1,746 people
- Tadgram1,709 people
- Bagalmari1,552 people
- Parbahal1,542 people
- Kelahi1,541 people
- Ketlapur Alias Nutandi1,533 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patpur?1,557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patpur in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patpur?68.2% (Census 2011)