# Pirargorya Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Pirargorya

Pirargorya is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **538 people in 101 households**, the 52nd largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 538people (2011)
- 101households
- 67.4%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pirargorya

Of every 100 households in Pirargorya in 2011, 67 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pirargorya · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

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

**6%

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

**4%

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

**67%

Use banking services ****92%**

**52%

Television ****22%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Pirargorya?

■ Pirargorya · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032**

**973

Working population ****33.1%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 51.3% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 71 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (16%) · **■** Other work 19 (11%) · **■** Marginal 60 (34%)

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

- Kushtor570 people
- Jagannathdi557 people
- Kharbar554 people
- Pachandapur541 people
- Krishtapur537 people
- Matidundra524 people
- Kushunda506 people
- Beliapur498 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pirargorya?538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pirargorya in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pirargorya?67.4% (Census 2011)