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

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/sindri/

Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Sindri

Sindri is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,957 people in 726 households**, the 5th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 3,957people (2011)
- 726households
- 66.5%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sindri

Of every 100 households in Sindri in 2011, 35 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sindri · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**84%

Use banking services ****69%**

**44%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sindri?

■ Sindri · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**934

Working population ****38.8%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 52.2% for women. 51% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 339 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 333 (22%) · **■** Marginal 669 (44%)

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

- Chakaltor4,461 people
- Dimdiha4,266 people
- Garaphushara4,244 people
- Bhul4,147 people
- Manguria3,808 people
- Suklara3,730 people
- Damda3,302 people
- Chakda3,275 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sindri?3,957 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sindri in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sindri?66.5% (Census 2011)