# Purba Prasadpur Village, Karandighi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Purba Prasadpur

Purba Prasadpur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,243 people in 214 households**, the 112th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,243people (2011)
- 214households
- 48.6%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Prasadpur

Of every 100 households in Purba Prasadpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purba Prasadpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**26%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**19%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Purba Prasadpur?

■ Purba Prasadpur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.6%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**943

Working population ****50.2%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.6% for men and 44.7% for women. 53% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 261 (42%) · **■** Marginal 83 (13%)

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 Karandighi

- Chand Gola1,286 people
- Temarpur1,281 people
- Mirzadpur1,270 people
- Paran Nagar1,262 people
- Baijuar1,237 people
- Dewanjagir1,207 people
- Dakshin Mohanpur1,206 people
- Chiranch1,201 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Prasadpur?1,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Prasadpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Prasadpur?48.6% (Census 2011)