# Poramura Village, Canning - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Poramura

Poramura is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,656 people in 337 households**, the 42nd largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 1,656people (2011)
- 337households
- 72.6%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Poramura

Of every 100 households in Poramura in 2011, 33 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Poramura · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**58%

Tap water ****38%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****45%**

**20%

Television ****19%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Poramura?

■ Poramura · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**950

Working population ****36.7%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 62.3% for women. 53% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 251 (41%) · **■** Marginal 324 (53%)

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 Canning - I

- Marapia1,999 people
- Kankradaha1,752 people
- Dakshin Angad Baria1,727 people
- Mara Haldi1,716 people
- Ramamari1,592 people
- Garkhali1,502 people
- Dakshin Kalikatala1,442 people
- Karkhanar Chak1,416 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Poramura?1,656 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Poramura in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Poramura?72.6% (Census 2011)