# Purba Sankarpur Village, Mandirbazar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mandirbazar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Purba Sankarpur

Purba Sankarpur is a village in Mandirbazar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **442 people in 88 households**, the 95th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 442people (2011)
- 88households
- 62.8%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Sankarpur

Of every 100 households in Purba Sankarpur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Purba Sankarpur · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**1%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****12%**

**28%

Television ****8%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Purba Sankarpur?

■ Purba Sankarpur · ■ Mandirbazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1417**

**960

Working population ****37.3%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.1% for men and 57.2% for women. 51% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 99 (60%) · **■** Marginal 60 (36%)

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

- Inatpur513 people
- Maukhali491 people
- Kalikapur470 people
- Ramnarayanpur453 people
- Tajpur442 people
- Raghudebpurbeluni422 people
- Banamalipur367 people
- Alemaheshpur349 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 Sankarpur?442 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Sankarpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mandirbazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Sankarpur?62.8% (Census 2011)