# Purba Bantra Village, Jaynagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purba Bantra

Purba Bantra is a village in Jaynagar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **593 people in 125 households**, the 59th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 593people (2011)
- 125households
- 68.4%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Bantra

Of every 100 households in Purba Bantra in 2011, 0 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Bantra · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****2%**

**27%

Television ****3%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**42%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Purba Bantra?

■ Purba Bantra · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**949

Working population ****29.3%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 51.1% for women. 54% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (94%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Jaynagar - I

- Nilkanthapur1,025 people
- Mukundapur998 people
- Ramnarayanpur718 people
- Uttar Raghunathpur678 people
- Rajapur558 people
- Gumuk Beria487 people
- Purba Chak Panchghara356 people
- Uttar Arunnagar331 people

[All 67 villages in Jaynagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Bantra?593 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Bantra in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Bantra?68.4% (Census 2011)