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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Pindra

Pindra is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,512 people in 420 households**, the 19th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,512people (2011)
- 420households
- 58.9%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pindra

Of every 100 households in Pindra in 2011, 14 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pindra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**84%

Use banking services ****19%**

**41%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Pindra?

■ Pindra · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**966

Working population ****46.1%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 46.7% for women. 56% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (2%) · **■** Household industry 29 (3%) · **■** Other work 107 (9%) · **■** Marginal 894 (77%)

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

- Pithajora2,717 people
- Golkunra2,703 people
- Pirargarya2,664 people
- Podlara2,594 people
- Chepra2,508 people
- Surulia2,451 people
- Sindurpur2,382 people
- Hatuara2,353 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pindra?2,512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pindra in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pindra?58.9% (Census 2011)