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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Purda

Purda is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,593 people in 281 households**, the 40th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,593people (2011)
- 281households
- 61.4%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purda

Of every 100 households in Purda in 2011, 14 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purda · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**28%

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

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****16%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purda?

■ Purda · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**966

Working population ****42.6%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 42.8% for women. 53% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (21%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 33 (5%) · **■** Marginal 364 (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

- Kolbandh1,731 people
- Tatari1,696 people
- Kushtuka1,673 people
- Chirumacha1,615 people
- Singhbazar1,580 people
- Bandhgar1,543 people
- Karcha1,530 people
- Shitalpur1,496 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purda?1,593 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purda in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purda?61.4% (Census 2011)