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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Dubcharka

Dubcharka is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,406 people in 254 households**, the 49th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,406people (2011)
- 254households
- 72.2%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dubcharka

Of every 100 households in Dubcharka in 2011, 27 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dubcharka · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**28%

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

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**84%

Use banking services ****43%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Dubcharka?

■ Dubcharka · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1088**

**966

Working population ****49.5%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 57.8% for women. 50% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 172 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (21%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 68 (10%) · **■** Marginal 299 (43%)

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

- Mamurjor1,495 people
- Chepri1,489 people
- Chanchra1,432 people
- Panrkidi Alias Bheladi1,426 people
- Haramjanga1,357 people
- Dhansura1,308 people
- Sidpur1,299 people
- Dubrajpur1,284 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dubcharka?1,406 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dubcharka in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dubcharka?72.2% (Census 2011)