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

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Pirma

Pirma is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,003 people in 168 households**, the 65th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,003people (2011)
- 168households
- 76.8%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pirma

Of every 100 households in Pirma in 2011, 44 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Pirma · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**79%

Use banking services ****17%**

**47%

Television ****29%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Pirma?

■ Pirma · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1027**

**968

Working population ****48.3%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 64.5% for women. 57% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 89 (18%) · **■** Marginal 348 (72%)

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

- Shyampur1,068 people
- Kushgora Gopinathpur1,037 people
- Rampur1,015 people
- Anantapur1,007 people
- Sharbarya999 people
- Dumardiha965 people
- Balichasa934 people
- Udaypur933 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pirma?1,003 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pirma in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pirma?76.8% (Census 2011)