# Puar Village, Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Puar

Puar is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,171 people in 569 households**, the 20th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 3,171people (2011)
- 569households
- 42.2%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Puar

Of every 100 households in Puar in 2011, 28 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Puar · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**51%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**17%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Puar?

■ Puar · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.2%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**958

Working population ****25.2%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.4% for men and 41.9% for women. 44% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 187 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 483 (60%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 103 (13%) · **■** Marginal 22 (3%)

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 Goalpokhar - II

- Konal3,686 people
- Prraul3,415 people
- Maliga0N3,322 people
- Kahalgaon3,236 people
- Amalia3,121 people
- Bijulia3,107 people
- Banka Dumaria3,056 people
- Choukai2,953 people

[All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Puar?3,171 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Puar?42.2% (Census 2011)