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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Dhurahi

Dhurahi is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,108 people in 196 households**, the 62nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,108people (2011)
- 196households
- 79.3%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhurahi

Of every 100 households in Dhurahi in 2011, 50 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dhurahi · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****64%**

**41%

Television ****26%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dhurahi?

■ Dhurahi · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901**

**966

Working population ****45.8%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 66.0% for women. 52% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (8%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 102 (20%) · **■** Marginal 272 (54%)

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

- Biralgaria1,158 people
- Biltora1,142 people
- Senera Amra1,135 people
- Dakhinbahal1,109 people
- Ketika1,092 people
- Batikara1,086 people
- Khudibandh1,084 people
- Anai1,032 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhurahi?1,108 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhurahi in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dhurahi?79.3% (Census 2011)