# Purba Ariagaon Village, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Purba Ariagaon

Purba Ariagaon is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,828 people in 565 households**, the 30th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 2,828people (2011)
- 565households
- 61.1%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Ariagaon

Of every 100 households in Purba Ariagaon in 2011, 66 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purba Ariagaon · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**76%

Tap water ****6%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**64%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**37%

Television ****36%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Ariagaon?

■ Purba Ariagaon · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**953

Working population ****33.5%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 53.1% for women. 45% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 740 (78%) · **■** Marginal 151 (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 Chopra

- Thunthunia3,057 people
- Athiala3,024 people
- Jhajhri3,017 people
- Goabari2,989 people
- Gendagachh2,803 people
- Dakshin Gorasahid2,789 people
- Bara Mircha2,700 people
- Ghirnigaon2,640 people

[All 118 villages in Chopra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/chopra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Ariagaon?2,828 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Ariagaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Ariagaon?61.1% (Census 2011)