# Rudra Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Rudra

Rudra is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,659 people in 533 households**, the 16th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,659people (2011)
- 533households
- 65.4%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rudra

Of every 100 households in Rudra in 2011, 26 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rudra · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**31%

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

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****49%**

**44%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rudra?

■ Rudra · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**934

Working population ****35.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 51.7% for women. 49% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (4%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 218 (23%) · **■** Marginal 532 (56%)

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 Purulia - I

- Ghagharjuri3,092 people
- Chakra2,987 people
- Sanaijuri2,985 people
- Nadiyara2,912 people
- Simulia2,659 people
- Ramnagar2,589 people
- Bhandar Puara2,490 people
- Baligara2,458 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rudra?2,659 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rudra in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rudra?65.4% (Census 2011)