# Purba Bayar Siong Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purba Bayar Siong

Purba Bayar Siong is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,538 people in 976 households**, the 31st largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 4,538people (2011)
- 976households
- 65.4%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Bayar Siong

Of every 100 households in Purba Bayar Siong in 2011, 13 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Purba Bayar Siong · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**57%

Tap water ****14%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****5%**

**18%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**46%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Purba Bayar Siong?

■ Purba Bayar Siong · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**971

Working population ****46.0%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 54.6% for women. 65% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 246 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 554 (27%) · **■** Household industry 33 (2%) · **■** Other work 47 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1,207 (58%)

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 Basanti

- Jyotishpur4,833 people
- Khirishkhali4,800 people
- Gadkhali4,685 people
- Kala Hazra4,626 people
- Sachea Khali4,372 people
- Kalidanga4,134 people
- Parbattipur4,048 people
- Nafarganj3,744 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Bayar Siong?4,538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Bayar Siong in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Bayar Siong?65.4% (Census 2011)