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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Podlara

Podlara is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,594 people in 428 households**, the 18th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,594people (2011)
- 428households
- 61.7%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Podlara

Of every 100 households in Podlara in 2011, 30 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Podlara · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****94%**

**41%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Podlara?

■ Podlara · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**966

Working population ****43.2%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 44.4% for women. 52% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 32 (3%) · **■** Other work 329 (29%) · **■** Marginal 612 (55%)

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

- Naudiha2,765 people
- Pithajora2,717 people
- Golkunra2,703 people
- Pirargarya2,664 people
- Pindra2,512 people
- Chepra2,508 people
- Surulia2,451 people
- Sindurpur2,382 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Podlara?2,594 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Podlara in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Podlara?61.7% (Census 2011)