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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Gengra

Gengra is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,181 people in 409 households**, the 27th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,181people (2011)
- 409households
- 60.6%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gengra

Of every 100 households in Gengra in 2011, 31 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gengra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****51%**

**84%

Use banking services ****24%**

**41%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**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 Gengra?

■ Gengra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**966

Working population ****48.6%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 47.9% for women. 54% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 216 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (9%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 271 (26%) · **■** Marginal 466 (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 - II

- Hatuara2,353 people
- Kotra2,316 people
- Chargali2,259 people
- Arita2,216 people
- Baikata2,124 people
- Jambad2,115 people
- Jalika2,044 people
- Balarampur1,972 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gengra?2,181 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gengra in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gengra?60.6% (Census 2011)