# Pukuria Village, Mandirbazar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mandirbazar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Pukuria

Pukuria is a village in Mandirbazar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **852 people in 190 households**, the 69th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 852people (2011)
- 190households
- 87.5%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pukuria

Of every 100 households in Pukuria in 2011, 64 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Pukuria · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**40%

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

**58%

Tap water ****36%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**1%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****58%**

**28%

Television ****46%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**44%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Pukuria?

■ Pukuria · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.5%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**960

Working population ****49.9%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.7% for men and 79.3% for women. 59% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Household industry 215 (51%) · **■** Other work 143 (34%) · **■** Marginal 46 (11%)

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 Mandirbazar

- Chotta Ramkrishnapur935 people
- Chaitanyapur886 people
- Khordda Mahadebpur885 people
- Uttar Shyampur862 people
- Ramlochanpur847 people
- Shibpur833 people
- Dhanurhat823 people
- Bhabanipur820 people

[All 110 villages in Mandirbazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mandirbazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pukuria?852 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pukuria in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mandirbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pukuria?87.5% (Census 2011)