Village · Baruipur, South Twenty Four Parganas
# Purandarpur

Purandarpur is a village in Baruipur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,066 people in 529 households, the 52nd largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.
- 2,066 people (2011)
- 529 households
- 87.0% literacy
- 981 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purandarpur

Of every 100 households in Purandarpur in 2011, 79 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 39 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purandarpur · ■ Baruipur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 79% 55%
- Toilet within the home 82% 61%
- No toilet (open defecation) 18% 35%
- Tap water 38% 35%
- Drinking water within premises 2% 14%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 39% 8%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 57% 85%
- Use banking services 65% 39%
- Television 63% 32%
- Mobile phone 68% 43%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 18% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 2%
- None of these assets 19% 29%
- Own their home 90% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Purandarpur?

■ Purandarpur · ■ Baruipur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 87.0% 75.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 981 954
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 954
- Working population 37.3% 35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 81.8% for women. 61% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 135 (18%) · ■ Farm labourers 75 (10%) · ■ Household industry 37 (5%) · ■ Other work 386 (50%) · ■ Marginal 137 (18%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Baruipur
- Dudhnai 2,220 people
- Ghoshpur Baora 2,220 people
- Beralia 2,214 people
- Ghola 2,208 people
- Rajgara 2,020 people
- Bhanta 2,010 people
- Kalikapur 2,004 people
- Tripura Nagar 2,001 people

All 126 villages in Baruipur

## Other places named Purandarpur
- Purandarpur · Village, Suri - II, Birbhum · 4,566 people
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- Purandarpur · Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad · 3,638 people
- Purandarpur · Village, Goriakothi, Siwan · 3,364 people
- Purandarpur · Village, Nautan, Pashchim Champaran · 3,179 people
- Purandarpur · Village, Phulpur, Azamgarh · 2,566 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Purandarpur? 2,066 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purandarpur in? South Twenty Four Parganas district (Baruipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purandarpur? 87.0% (Census 2011)

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