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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Sidpur

Sidpur is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,299 people in 229 households**, the 52nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,299people (2011)
- 229households
- 60.1%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sidpur

Of every 100 households in Sidpur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sidpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**84%

Use banking services ****73%**

**41%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Sidpur?

■ Sidpur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1096**

**966

Working population ****38.3%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 44.3% for women. 51% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (9%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 144 (29%) · **■** Marginal 280 (56%)

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

- Panrkidi Alias Bheladi1,426 people
- Dubcharka1,406 people
- Haramjanga1,357 people
- Dhansura1,308 people
- Dubrajpur1,284 people
- Pokharia1,228 people
- Dabar1,227 people
- Birgiri1,208 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sidpur?1,299 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sidpur in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sidpur?60.1% (Census 2011)