# Porsha Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Porsha

Porsha is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,997 people in 468 households**, the 48th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,997people (2011)
- 468households
- 72.6%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Porsha

Of every 100 households in Porsha in 2011, 62 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Porsha · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**82%

Tap water ****16%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**96%

Use banking services ****33%**

**16%

Television ****36%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Porsha?

■ Porsha · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**955

Working population ****31.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 66.5% for women. 52% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (18%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 421 (67%) · **■** Marginal 31 (5%)

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 Itahar

- Manainagar2,085 people
- Mukundapur2,050 people
- Nandangaon2,046 people
- Chhayghara2,001 people
- Birnagar1,957 people
- Sonapur1,935 people
- Mahashunda1,891 people
- Behati1,852 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Porsha?1,997 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Porsha in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Porsha?72.6% (Census 2011)