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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Dabar

Dabar is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,227 people in 213 households**, the 55th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,227people (2011)
- 213households
- 77.2%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dabar

Of every 100 households in Dabar in 2011, 53 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 17 a car.

■ Dabar · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**93%

Tap water ****7%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**84%

Use banking services ****78%**

**41%

Television ****61%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****34%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****40%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****17%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dabar?

■ Dabar · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.2%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1033**

**966

Working population ****34.6%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 65.2% for women. 52% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Household industry 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 140 (33%) · **■** Marginal 219 (52%)

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

- Dhansura1,308 people
- Sidpur1,299 people
- Dubrajpur1,284 people
- Pokharia1,228 people
- Birgiri1,208 people
- Nadra1,166 people
- Biralgaria1,158 people
- Biltora1,142 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dabar?1,227 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dabar in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dabar?77.2% (Census 2011)