# Purba Raipur Village, Mandirbazar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mandirbazar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purba Raipur

Purba Raipur is a village in Mandirbazar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **269 people in 73 households**, the 102nd largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 269people (2011)
- 73households
- 77.8%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Raipur

Of every 100 households in Purba Raipur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Raipur · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**28%

Television ****49%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**44%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Purba Raipur?

■ Purba Raipur · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**960

Working population ****43.5%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 72.8% for women. 68% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (3%) · **■** Other work 81 (69%) · **■** Marginal 19 (16%)

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

- Banamalipur367 people
- Alemaheshpur349 people
- Badeballabhpur329 people
- Dakshin Amratola319 people
- Bireshwarpur251 people
- Purba Rameshwarpur232 people
- Dakshin Radhanagar226 people
- Matilal220 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 Purba Raipur?269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Raipur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mandirbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Raipur?77.8% (Census 2011)