# Brindabanpur Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Brindabanpur

Brindabanpur is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,828 people in 353 households**, the 7th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,828people (2011)
- 353households
- 68.1%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brindabanpur

Of every 100 households in Brindabanpur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Brindabanpur · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**67%

Use banking services ****38%**

**52%

Television ****28%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Brindabanpur?

■ Brindabanpur · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**973

Working population ****29.4%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 56.2% for women. 50% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (9%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 305 (57%) · **■** Marginal 151 (28%)

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 Santuri

- Santuri2,700 people
- Ramchandrapur2,648 people
- Muraddi2,321 people
- Lalgar1,963 people
- Tarabari1,772 people
- Gorsika1,741 people
- Bheti1,695 people
- Kotaldih1,663 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brindabanpur?1,828 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brindabanpur in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Brindabanpur?68.1% (Census 2011)