# Biltora Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Biltora

Biltora is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,142 people in 235 households**, the 59th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,142people (2011)
- 235households
- 77.3%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biltora

Of every 100 households in Biltora in 2011, 40 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Biltora · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**84%

Use banking services ****97%**

**41%

Television ****28%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**25%

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 Biltora?

■ Biltora · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1114**

**966

Working population ****34.1%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 63.8% for women. 54% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 97 (25%) · **■** Marginal 283 (73%)

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 - II

- Dabar1,227 people
- Birgiri1,208 people
- Nadra1,166 people
- Biralgaria1,158 people
- Senera Amra1,135 people
- Dakhinbahal1,109 people
- Dhurahi1,108 people
- Ketika1,092 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biltora?1,142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biltora in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Biltora?77.3% (Census 2011)